In Brazil, strong rallies for Lula and Bolsonaro before the second round of the presidential election

Brazil’s presidential election opponents, former left-wing head of state Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and outgoing far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, garnered significant support on Tuesday, October 4, in the second round of October 30, which promises to be very tight.

Lula received 48.4% of the vote on Sunday, ahead of Bolsonaro’s 43.2% of voters. Just over six million votes separated them, out of 156 million voters, and intense negotiations and bargaining were conducted by the crew of candidates to galvanize support, sometimes at the expense of a large ideological gap.

Lula secured Tuesday’s rally, but tepidly, for the center-left candidate who came in fourth in the first round, Cerro Gomes (3%), whose Democratic Action Party (PDT) had just announced its two-term rally against the former president (2003- 2010).

“We just had a DAP leadership meeting and I’m making this video to say I support” This decision, Ciro Gomes said on social networks, in the wake of the PDT’s support for Lula. “Under the circumstances, this is the only solution”He added this ex-minister in Lula’s government, without mentioning the name of the former leftist president, with whom he has very tense relations. “The two options [Lula ou Bolsonaro] unsatisfying “Shouted.

Ex-judge rules Lula with Bolsonaro’s support

The Bolsonario clan has the support of former anti-corruption judge Sergio Moro, the elected senator from the state of Paraná (southern) with 1.9 million votes in the legislative elections held on Sunday in conjunction with the presidential elections. Sergio Moro, “the fall” De Lula, who was sentenced to eighteen months in prison in 2018-2019 in a bribery case around the Petrobras group, expressed on Twitter his outspoken support for the outgoing head of state.

Lula não é uma opção eleitoral, com seu Governo marcado pela Corruption of Democracy. Contra or projecto de poudre do… https://t.co/QxmxCZT4zM

– SF_Moro (@Sergio Moro)

“It opposes the PT . project [le Parti des Travailleurs de Lula]announced, in the second round, support Bolsonaro “And Moro, who maintains in the country the image of an anti-corruption missionary, declared, even if the Supreme Court eventually found him to be biased against Lula. The former judge was a major criticism of Bolsonaro’s government in early 2019. But he withdrew in April 2020, accusing the president of interfering with police investigations into cases involving his family.

“It was all overcome. From now on we have a new relationship (…) And more results to be settled », reassured Jair Bolsonaro of Brasilia. The president also had the support of the governors of the populous southeastern states of Minas Gerais, Romeo Zima, and Rio Janeiro, Claudio Castro. With that from Rodrigo Garcia, the current governor of Sao Paulo (who was not re-elected on Sunday), he announced on Twitter, that Brazil’s three largest electoral colleges are rallying in favor of Bolsonaro.

“We know that many things separate us from others.”Surrounded by the president, Zima said. “But Brazil must move forward and I believe much more in President Bolsonaro’s proposals.”.

“Operation Open House”

For political analyst Thomas Truman, “Bolsonaro is making his campaign for the second round an open process”.

Instead of asking if he deserves a second term (…)Requests [aux électeurs] Whether the Labor Party deserves to return to power” And the “Puts years of PT on trial”Books in the magazine vega. Lula co-founded the party and ruled Brazil from 2003 to 2016.

Finally, the candidate who finished in third on Sunday, Senator Simon Tibbett (4% of the vote) was very complimentary but she hasn’t spoken yet, even if she appears to be clearly leaning toward Lula.

‘My decision has already been made’On Sunday evening, she announced the first round, specifying that she must consult her party (MDB) before making any official announcement. This midfield formation is characterized by deep divisions and includes a strong Bolsonaro wing. Ciro Gomez and Simon Tibet together weigh in at 8.5 million precious votes.