Brazil pro-democracy manifestos aim to curb Bolsonaro's election threats

A letter manifesto is read from stage during an event of reading pro-democracy manifestos, at the Faculty of Law headquarters at the Sao Paulo University, in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil August 11, 2022. Banner in front reads "Dictatorship never again" REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian business leaders, intellectuals and artists gathered on Thursday to read manifestos defending democratic institutions after attacks by President Jair Bolsonaro that have raised fears he could reject the results of October's presidential election.

The far-right leader and former army captain has questioned Brazil's electronic voting system and attacked Supreme Court justices who oversee elections, accusing them without evidence of favoring his leftist rival, who leads in opinion polls.