The Brazilian Federal Traffic Police (PRF) carried out at least 514 inspections of vehicles carrying out public transportation for voters this Sunday, when the second round of the Brazilian presidential elections is being held, in areas considered favorable to the leftist candidate, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The PRF would have thus failed to comply with an express order of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), according to the PRF’s own internal control data cited by ‘Folha de Sao Paulo’.
The president of the TSE, Alexandre de Moraes, on Saturday expressly prohibited the PRF from carrying out any operation related to the public transportation of voters so as not to hinder the voting.
While these operations were being carried out, developed mainly in the northeast of the country, Moraes has urged the director of the PRF, Silvinei Vasquez, to immediately interrupt the auditing work under threat of a fine of 100,000 reais per hour (about 18,900 euros), suspension of functions and arrest.
Vasques himself published on Saturday night on Instagram a post in support of Bolsonaro that he later deleted.
