The two-hour voting extension ordered by Justice Zanin casts doubt on the legitimacy of Lula's runoff win.
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“But we believe the issues raised need to be properly clarified.”
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“It is difficult for it to succeed, but the point is that the [Supreme Court] contributed to the instability of the electoral process, which is serious”
“The extension given was very strange.”
“What happened today was not normal. It was something frankly unacceptable. A Supreme Court justice, for the first time in history — a former lawyer of Lula’s — issues an order at the request of a former partner of his and changes the rules of the game in the middle of the game”