Brazil's Bolsonaro vows to reduce crime and murder
The far-right candidate and frontrunner in Brazil's presidential election, Jair Bolsonaro, has vowed to tackle crime and reduce record high murder rates. On the eve of Sunday's vote, he said his government would hand down the tough punishments offenders deserved, reports BBC.
According to the latest opinion polls, about 38% of the electorate will vote for Bolsonaro. Nearly 150 million Brazilians are eligible to vote in the country's most polarised election for many years. "We need to be really tough on crime to make criminals understand that they won't enjoy impunity," wrote Bolso-naro on Twitter.
"Things will be different now. We defend family values, the innocence of children, we treat criminals as such and we don't get involve in corruption schemes," he added.
If no candidate gets more than 50% of the valid votes, there will be a second round in three weeks' time. People will also cast ballots to elect all Brazil's state governors as well as two-thirds of the senators and all lawmakers in the chamber of deputies. More 1,000 seats in state legislatures across the country are also being contested.
Bolsonaro has missed the final part of the electoral campaign, after being stabbed at a campaign rally in September. His main rival is the left-wing candidate for the Workers' Party, Fernando Haddad.
