Senator Flavio Bolsonaro vows to respect Brazil election outcome

SAO PAULO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - ‌Brazilian senator ​Flavio ​Bolsonaro, the main opposition candidate in the country's presidential election, said on Friday he will respect ‌the result of the October vote, assuring he seeks ⁠to be elected under current electoral rules.

The right-wing lawmaker is the ‌eldest son of former ‌President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for attempting to overturn his 2022 election defeat to ​leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

• "I will respect the electoral process; I will respect the results," the ⁠senator said in an interview with TV Globo's Jornal Nacional, the most-watched newscast ​in Brazil.

• His father was convicted by a panel of Brazil's Supreme Court last September for ​plotting a coup to remain in ‌power after losing the 2022 vote.

• For years, Jair Bolsonaro had also fostered suspicions over ⁠the use of electronic voting machines in the country's election.

• The senator said that, if elected, he intends to grant amnesty to ⁠those convicted for a January 2023 riot in Brasilia, when Bolsonaro ​supporters invaded and ransacked the presidential palace, Supreme Court and Congress.

• Flavio Bolsonaro also distanced himself from the U.S. government's July decision to ‌impose tariffs on Brazilian goods due to alleged unfair trade practices.

• The Trump administration had ‌already imposed levies on Brazil last year for what Washington ⁠said was a "witch hunt" ‌against Jair Bolsonaro ​during his trial. The tariffs were later removed.

(Reporting by Fernando Cardoso and Andre Romani, Editing by Iñigo ‌Alexander)

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