“The liar is!”, the latest aggressive television debate between Lula and Bolsonaro

Jair Bolsonaro had everything to gain to catch up. And Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has a lot to lose, although he remains the front-runner on the eve of the second round of the presidential election. In the end, the second debate, Friday, October 28, between the two finalists in the Brazilian presidential election, will likely not win or lose the votes of one or the other. It was a face-to-face dialogue, which was more like a dialogue for the deaf than an exchange, in the image of a country polarized to the extreme.

For a good hour, the outgoing far-right head of state and the left-wing ex-president proved unable to get past the accusations stage on the field, doubling “The Brazilian people know he’s a liar.”And the So stop lying. and the others “He is a liar!”

More and more aggressive exchanges

Elinda Aguirre, 35, covered clothes One of the posters bears the image of Lola, after the controversy at the offender’s restaurant in São Paulo, drawing nervously on his cigarette. Like her, dozens of Lula voters gathered around the giant screens set up for the occasion. Boos, cheers and hardened applause often cover the increasingly aggressive exchanges between the candidates.

“I expect nothing of the debate: as usual, Bolsonaro will present fake news, Lula will defend the legacy of his eight years in office, Pedro Camps, a 27-year-old architect, resigns, sitting on a wooden chair in a crowded courtyard.. The young man was not mistaken: Lola often drowned his nose in his notes, recounting the achievements of his two periods, wasting time repeating twenty-year figures.

In this restaurant in the Bella Vista area, most of the spectators smile, boosted by a six-point lead over their hero in the polls. However, in the eyes, one discovers an alarming veil. “It will be very tight, and there may be confrontations across the country, Elaine Marques, the 35-year-old video editor, dreads. So I came here to take strength. »

“Stay here boy!” an angry Bolsonaro called out. “I don’t want to stay by your side!” Lola replied

Automatically, on your TV, Lola sets up the scene: “I’m not here to talk, but to talk to people”, He said. The ex-president, who was better prepared than his first televised duel with Bolsonaro, on October 16, wisely returns behind his desk after each of his interventions. He moves away from his opponent, contrary to his position in the previous debate, which annoys the outgoing president: “Stay here, boy!”Bolsonaro, angry, throws at him. “I don’t want to stay by your side!” »And the Lola responds and raises his finger. The sequence immediately spread on social networks. The tension is palpable, and the outgoing president launches a torrent of accusations against his opponent. Bolsonaro has also been trained to debate. In particular by the controversial former Minister of Justice Sergio Moro, the star of the operation “Lava Jato” judge, who provided him with corruption files.

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