Politics · Brazil · 2 hrs ago
Santa Catarina governor urges respect for Brazil election result
Santa Catarina Governor Jorginho Mello urged respect for Brazil’s election result after Flávio Bolsonaro’s defeat in the presidential runoff.
Mello, a Bolsonaro family ally who backed Flávio, called for national reconciliation in a social media statement.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was re-elected three days before Mello’s statement.
Flávio alleged fraud without presenting evidence and later changed a letter calling himself Brazil’s “leader”; he said he would lead the opposition from the United States.
Flávio won 69.42% of valid votes in Santa Catarina, his strongest result in any state in the runoff.
Other right-wing figures also backed accepting the result, while Flávio said he plans to lead opposition to Lula’s government.
Santa Catarina Governor Jorginho Mello said Brazil’s election result should be respected and called for national pacification.
His statement differed from that of defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, who questioned the election’s legitimacy without presenting evidence.
Mello made the statement on social media on Wednesday, October 28, three days after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was re-elected.
Flávio received 69.42% of valid votes in Santa Catarina in the second round, his strongest state result.
Mello did not directly criticize Flávio’s fraud allegations or his departure for the United States.
- Who
- Santa Catarina Governor Jorginho Mello called for respect for the election result. He was responding against the backdrop of statements by defeated candidate Flávio Bolsonaro.
- What
- Mello said institutions should promote pacification and urged respect for the final election result.
- When
- Wednesday, October 28, after the second round on October 25.
- Where
- Santa Catarina, Brazil; Mello posted his statement on social media.
- Why
- He said the country needed pacification and that it was time to heal, not deepen, divisions.
Jorginho Mello
Flávio Bolsonaro
Election result
Jorginho Mello
Mello said the final result of the election should be respected.
Flávio Bolsonaro
Flávio questioned the election’s legitimacy and alleged fraud without presenting evidence.
Political direction
Jorginho Mello
Mello called for national pacification and said he would defend Santa Catarina’s interests.
Flávio Bolsonaro
Flávio said he intended to lead the opposition to Lula’s government from the United States.
Brazil held the second round of the presidential election.
Flávio Bolsonaro issued a letter questioning the election’s legitimacy; hours later, Jorginho Mello called for respect for the result and national pacification.
CNN Brasil published its report on Mello’s statement.
- Jorginho Mello
- Re-elected governor of Santa Catarina
- Election result
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was re-elected president
- Flávio Bolsonaro’s Santa Catarina vote
- 3,220,071 votes, or 69.42% of valid votes
- Lula’s Santa Catarina vote
- 1,418,314 votes, or 30.58% of valid votes
- Mello’s statement
- Posted on social media on October 28
What people are saying
Brazilian institutions should promote the pacification this moment demands. This is not the time to deepen wounds, but to heal them.
I will continue fulfilling the mission I have never abandoned, defending the interests of Santa Catarina above all, with firmness and responsibility, respecting the institutions and the final result of the ballot boxes.