Thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets amid concern President of the Country Jair Bolsonaro will try to stay in power even if he loses October’s election.

Thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets amid concern President of the Country Jair Bolsonaro will try to stay in power even if he loses October’s election.

Protesters marched in several cities yesterday in defense of democracy over fears the far-right leader would not respect the outcome of the vote.

Bolsonaro has repeatedly sought to discredit Brazil’s voting system, claiming that electronic voting machines enable cheating, because of the absence of a paper trail.

Bolsonaro a year ago, tried to change the system to introduce printed ballot papers, but the proposal was defeated in Congress.