Support for Bolsonaro in Brazil: the Neymar clan responds to Lula's accusations

Neymar and his family respond to Lula's criticism.

A few days ago, between the two rounds of the presidential election in Brazil which saw him narrowly take the lead, the left-wing candidate assured that the PSG star supported the far-right candidate

Jair Bolsonaro “because he was afraid”.

Implying that an agreement in the context of tax affairs and income taxes had been made with Bolsonaro if he is re-elected.

“It is obvious that Bolsonaro made an agreement with Neymar's father.

Now he has tax problems in Spain,” Lula said.

He was referring to the favorable decisions the player obtained in a tax evasion case in Brazil, and the trial in Barcelona for tax irregularities during his transfer from Santos to Barca in 2013. from the tax collection agency, not mine, "said the presidential candidate in a video viewed more than a million times.

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In a press release on October 22, Neymar's relatives responded to "the misleading statement that one of the candidates for the presidency of the Republic made lightly".

She challenges Lula to "prove otherwise".

To support his claims, the player's clan disclosed part of the lawsuit to the Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (Carf), a court that judges tax claims in Rio.

"The case was closed" in March 2017 as the document states.

The clan specifies in this same press release: "At an important moment that the country is going through, we do not expect speeches like this from a candidate for the presidency of the Republic, which exceed the reasonable limits of the freedom of expression "

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Lula won the first round of the election on October 2 with 48% of the vote five points ahead of incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro.

The second round will take place on October 30.

Neymar is one of the few Brazilian footballers to openly support the far-right candidate.