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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Ricardo Brito and Brad Haynes

Exclusive-Brazil courts step up meetings with military to ease election concerns -sources

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao, Supreme Federal Court President Luiz Fux and President Jair Bolsonaro attend Army Day celebrations, in Brasilia, Brazil April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

Brazil's top courts are stepping up meetings with military commanders to ease tensions and reaffirm trust in the democratic process, four senior judiciary sources said, as President Jair Bolsonaro stirs doubt about the integrity of this year's elections.

Bolsonaro, a far-right former army captain trailing in opinion polls in the presidential race, has previously made baseless allegations of electoral fraud, attacked the federal electoral court, and floated the idea of not accepting the result of the October vote.

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