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

Right-wing presidential candidate says he will release personal records if his opponent, President Lula, meets his conditions.

Brazil's right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro attends a campaign rally in Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 21, 2026 [AFP]

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.

Bolsonaro’s campaign has said 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 companies held by Lula’s children.

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Lula said 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.

His campaign submitted conditional authorisation to Brazil’s electoral court to release the president’s personal data.

Camilo Santana, a senator and representative of Lula’s campaign, told 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.

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, which has implicated influential individuals and institutions across Brazil.

Bolsonaro, who narrowly leads Lula in the polls, is under investigation over alleged corruption and money laundering related to an investment he allegedly ⁠⁠sought from Vorcaro. He is also under investigation in a separate probe over alleged money laundering.

The presidential hopeful denies any wrongdoing.

Brazil’s president is also linked to a corruption scandal, via his son Fabio Luis Lula da Silva, a businessman, who is accused being investigated over allegations that he unlawfully helped another businessman to gain access to the government.

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

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

右翼总统候选人表示，如果他的对手、现任总统卢拉满足他的条件，他将公布个人档案。

2026年10月21日，巴西右翼总统候选人弗拉维奥·博尔索纳罗在巴西圣保罗州瓜鲁柳斯参加竞选集会。[法新社]

巴西右翼总统候选人弗拉维奥·博索纳罗为公开其个人记录设定了严格的条件，以回应现任总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦的挑战。卢拉·达席尔瓦是博索纳罗在周日总统选举决选中的对手。

博索纳罗竞选团队表示，如果总统扩大其公开个人记录的承诺范围，将其顾问、安保人员以及卢拉子女所持公司的记录也纳入其中，那么他们将公布卢拉要求的数据。

列表 1/3：卢拉挑战博索纳罗在选举前公布个人记录

卢拉和博索纳罗在巴西大选决胜轮前互相试图取消对方的参选资格（共3份名单中的第2份）。

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卢拉周二表示，如果博索纳罗同意，他也会分享自己和家人的银行、税务和电话记录。

他的竞选团队向巴西选举法院提交了有条件授权申请，要求公布总统的个人数据。

参议员兼卢拉竞选团队代表卡米洛·桑塔纳告诉记者，卢拉已经同意博索纳罗的新要求，总统将于周四上午向法院提交正式答复。

卢拉周二发出呼吁之际，双方竞选团队都在努力应对因声名狼藉的银行家丹尼尔·沃卡罗卷入的爆炸性腐败丑闻所带来的影响，该丑闻牵涉到巴西各地有影响力的人士和机构。

博索纳罗在民调中以微弱优势领先卢拉，目前正因涉嫌腐败和洗钱接受调查，这些指控与他据称曾向沃卡罗寻求投资有关。此外，他还因涉嫌洗钱在另一起案件中接受调查。

这位总统候选人否认有任何不当行为。

巴西总统也与一起腐败丑闻有关，他的儿子法比奥·路易斯·卢拉·达席尔瓦是一名商人，他被指控非法帮助另一名商人进入政府部门，目前正在接受调查。

卢拉的长子也因与一名因养老金欺诈调查而被拘留的商人有联系而受到调查。

卢拉的儿子否认了这些指控，总统也表示他的儿子将像其他公民一样受到对待。