Bolsonaro says he will either be arrested, killed or win Brazil's next election

"I have three alternatives for my future: being arrested, killed or victory," Bolsonaro stated Saturday in remarks to a gathering of evangelical leaders that had been broadcast on social media.

Bolsonaro additionally talked about an indigenous protest happening within the capital, claiming to not perceive the explanations for the demonstrations.

"There are now approximately 5,000 people camped in Brasília. The vast majority, almost all, don't know what they are doing there," Bolsonaro asserted.

"They are people that are gathered by the MST (Rural Landless Workers Movements), people that are gathered by Cimi (Indigenous Missionary Council, linked to the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil), indigenous people who are there protesting against no one knows what," Bolsonaro added.

The demonstrations come as Brazil's Congress considers a invoice that may restrict the rights of indigenous peoples to say conventional lands, a matter additionally being thought of by the Supreme Court. Human Rights Watch says the proposed legislation violates the rights of indigenous peoples underneath worldwide legislation.

A Datafolha ballot from July 7 and eight at the moment exhibits Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly raised doubts in regards to the electoral system, greater than 20 factors behind his fundamental opponent, former leftwing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in a primary spherical of voting.