Ribuan Pendukung Flavio Bolsonaro Padati Sao Paulo, Kritik Dugaan Korupsi Pengadilan

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• • Thousands of Brazilians rallied in Sao Paulo on Monday to support right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro during Independence Day celebrations.
• • Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, criticized alleged corruption within Brazil's judiciary.
• • Flavio is scheduled to face incumbent left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the upcoming presidential election.
• • Supporters wearing green-and-yellow shirts filled the iconic Avenida Paulista in Sao Paulo.
• • Demonstrators demanded the resignation of Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
• • Moraes is a controversial figure presiding over the trial of Jair Bolsonaro on coup plotting charges.
• • Flavio's campaign leveraged leaked text messages from troubled banker Daniel Vorcaro to a number linked to Moraes.
• • Vorcaro, charged with fraud in one of Brazil's largest financial scandals last year, allegedly sought legal help from the justice days before his arrest.
• • Moraes's response to Vorcaro's messages was not included in released documents, and he has not commented publicly.
• • Flavio stated his candidacy is a form of protest and pledged to restore credibility to Brazil's judiciary.
• • Flavio accused Lula of being responsible for Brazil's current moral chaos.
• • It was revealed in May that Flavio asked Vorcaro to fund a film about his imprisoned father, though he denied wrongdoing.
• • The University of Sao Paulo estimated approximately 28,500 people attended the demonstration.
• • A Quaest poll released Monday showed Lula and Flavio tied at 41 percent in a hypothetical second-round vote.
• • President Lula attended a military parade in Brasilia and asserted Brazil's sovereignty against foreign trade interference in a video statement.