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Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro said on Sunday (Oct 25) that he would not concede defeat to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who secured a fourth non-consecutive term.

He said he would seek to have the run-off election annulled.

The electoral court said Lula won with more than 51% of the vote to Bolsonaro's more than 48%, with 99.9% of ballot boxes counted.

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00:07What happened today was not something normal,
00:11it was even something unacceptable.
00:14The Supreme Court, for the first time in history,
00:19an ex-advogado of Lula,
00:22gave a letter to his ex-sócio,
00:26and changed the rules in the middle of the game.
00:30At 17h01min,
00:33the President Zanin, who is not part of the Supreme Court,
00:37is not part of the Supreme Court,
00:40took a decision,
00:42prorrogating for 2h the elections.
00:44This never happened in the history of Brazil.
00:48There was a total loss of hisonomia
00:51between the Brazilians of different cities and different states.
00:55It's inexplicable to have happened what happened.
01:00Even in the words of some ministries,
01:02the Supreme Court published,
01:04these elections should have been annuled
01:06in the conditions that things happened in this moment.
01:11It's impossible to recognize the elections
01:14in the context of how these things happened.
01:17We are going to use our jurisdiction,
01:19we are going to ask the annulation of these elections.
01:21We are going to accept that the rule of the game has been changed over the game,
01:27by the friends of Lula and the Supreme Court.
01:31It's inexplicable to have happened.
01:34Our judges were removed from the office SOF
01:39from the moment during the election was taken.
01:42So there are many things to be clarified
01:44before the Brazil just mention this ndash
01:49that occurred since the elections.
01:52I can't abstain of my Brazil.
01:54I hope you, who has been watching, don't hesitate. Thank you.

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