Brazil’s Bolsonaro challenges Lula to expand release of personal records

Brazilian right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has set out steep conditions for disclosing his personal records in response to a challenge from President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, his opponent in Sunday's election run-off.

Key points

• The call from Lula on Tuesday came as both campaigns try to navigate the fallout of an explosive corruption scandal involving disgraced banker Daniel Vorcaro.
• Brazil's president is additionally linked to a corruption scandal, via his son Fabio Luis Lula da Silva, a businessman.
• Bolsonaro, who narrowly leads Lula in the polls, is under investigation over alleged corruption and funds laundering related to an investment he allegedly ⁠⁠sought from Vorcaro.
• His campaign submitted conditional authorisation to Brazil's electoral court to release the president's personal data.
• Lula remarked on Tuesday that he would share his bank, tax and telephone records, along with those of his family, if Bolsonaro would agree to do the same.

Bolsonaro's campaign has remarked it will release the data Lula requested if the president expands his own pledge to disclose his personal records to include those of his advisers, security staff and records from businesses held by Lula's children.

Camilo Santana, a senator and representative of Lula's campaign, informed journalists that ⁠⁠Lula has agreed to Bolsonaro's new demands, and the president's would file an official response with the court on Thursday morning.

Notably, the call from Lula on Tuesday came as both campaigns try to navigate the fallout of an explosive corruption scandal involving disgraced banker Daniel Vorcaro. It has implicated influential individuals and institutions throughout Brazil.

Bolsonaro, who narrowly leads Lula in the polls, is under investigation over alleged corruption and funds laundering related to an investment he allegedly ⁠⁠sought from Vorcaro. He is additionally under investigation in a separate probe over alleged capital laundering. The presidential hopeful denies any wrongdoing.

Brazil's president is additionally linked to a corruption scandal, via his son Fabio Luis Lula da Silva, a businessman. This person is accused being investigated over allegations that he unlawfully assisted another businessman to gain access to the administration.

Lula's eldest son is additionally being investigated over his links to a businessman detained under a pension fraud probe.

Lula's son denies the allegations, and the president has remarked his ‌‌son ‌‌would be treated like any other citizen.

For now, brazil's Bolsonaro challenges Lula to expand release of personal records remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.