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Brazilian election: Santos debate inclusion and 2026 voting

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The political confrontation between Missão party candidate Renan Santos and the Supreme Federal Court (STF) has intensified following a stalled judicial session. The STF plenary recently voted 4 to 3 to keep investigations involving ministers Alexandre de Moraes and André Mendonça separate, but the judgment was interrupted after Minister Flávio Dino requested a stay of proceedings. Santos reacted sharply to the delay, describing the outcome as a ‘horrible pizza,’ a term used by other right-wing figures to imply a lack of transparency. Legal tensions regarding media access escalated when Supreme Court Minister Gilmar Mendes ordered TV Globo to include Renan Santos in its upcoming presidential debate. However, the scheduled debate for October 1, 2026, was canceled. TV Globo cited ‘legal uncertainty’ and ‘undue interference’ in its freedom to organize events, while candidate Flávio Bolsonaro withdrew, citing ‘censorship imposed on the event by the TSE.’ Following the first round of the 2026 elections, Santos cast his vote in Vila Friburgo, São Paulo. He characterized the election cycle as the most ‘bizarre’ and ‘strange’ since Brazil's redemocratization, further describing it as the ‘worst election since 1989.’ Santos argued that excessive judicialization and a scarcity of televised debates have emptied the race of substantive policy proposals, suggesting that major political forces use the lack of debate to avoid public scrutiny. Santos continued to label Flávio Bolsonaro as ‘unqualified’ and ‘cowardly,’ while dismissing ‘voto útil’ (strategic voting) narratives. Following the vote, Santos’s team canceled a scheduled press conference in São Paulo, opting to communicate his views via social media instead. In the aftermath of the first round, Santos finished fourth with 2.24% of the vote.

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