Garotinho withdraws appeal in electoral court, opening space for Douglas Ruas' victory for Rio governor
The electoral court must still decide whether to accept the former governor's withdrawal, who won over 274,000 votes in the first round
TL;DR
- Anthony Garotinho, candidate for governor of Rio de Janeiro, withdrew a recurso (appeal) at the TSE.
- The appeal questioned a decision that rejected his candidacy registration.
- The TSE's reporting minister, Floriano de Azevedo Marques, will decide whether to accept the withdrawal.
- Previously, Marques ruled that Garotinho's votes should be registered as 'annulled *sub judice*'.
- This scenario favors Douglas Ruas, the frontrunner in the election.
- If Garotinho's votes are discarded, Ruas would win the election.