FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Prosecutor-General Augusto Aras poses for picture during an interview with Reuters in Brasilia, Brazil May 20, 2022. Picture taken May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Jair Bolsonaro is unlikely to contest the outcome of October's election, Brazil's top public prosecutor said on Tuesday, playing down fears of business leaders, diplomats and politicians about the president's anti-democratic rhetoric.
Prosecutor General Augusto Aras told journalists that a refusal to accept electoral defeat would be "an affront to democracy," but added: "I'm not worried about this happening. Brazilian institutions are committed to democracy."
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