Lula da Silva, candidate of the Workers’ Party (PT) in the Brazilian elections, exercised his right to vote this Sunday at the Escola Estadual Dr. João Firmino Correia de Araújo, in São Paulo. Visibly moved, the former president, whom the polls point to as the possible winner of these elections, took selfies and allowed himself to be photographed before making some statements to the country, in which he began by pointing out the importance of this day for him and ended. to wishing that the country “recovers the right to be happy”.
“This is a very important day for me. I couldn’t help but tell them that four years ago I couldn’t vote,” Lula reminded reporters, noting that he was “the victim of a lie” that prevented him from exercising his right. vote
“They arrested me exactly on election day (…) Four years later I am here, voting, with the recognition of my total freedom and with the possibility of trying to be President of the Republic again, to try to return the country to normalcy , try to ensure that the country takes care of its people, that they have a salary, education, health, respect for every human being,” Lula said.
Continuing with the statement, the PT candidate criticized the way in which Bolsonaro handled the pandemic and wished that “Brazil never again has a president who allows so many people to die for lack of responsibility.” “We will have to take care of this country. This country needs to recover the right to be happy,” he stressed.
“We want a country that lives in peace and security. We don’t want more hate, more discord. (…) This is the most important election for me. (…) I am very very happy. is to be happy again,” she added.
After voting, Lula kissed the ballot paper and left the room.
With “opportunities” to win in the first round, Lula da Silva has between 50% and 51% voting intention, according to polls released on Saturday by DataFolha and Ipec, respectively, and is followed by the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, with 36 votes .% and 37% of voting intention, Ciro Gomes (5% and 5%, in both polls) and Simone Tebet (6% and 5%).
Unlike previous elections, all polling stations opened at 08:00 in Brasilia (12:00 in Lisbon), in a kind of subordination of all polling stations to the time zone of the Brazilian capital.
The more than 156 million voters will be able to vote until 5:00 p.m. in Brasilia (9:00 p.m. in Lisbon), in the 577,125 electronic voting machines distributed in 5,570 cities in the country.
In addition to Lula da Silva and Bolsonaro, candidates Ciro Gomes, Simone Tebet, Luís Felipe D’Ávila, Soraya Tronicke, Eymael, Father Kelmon, Leonardo Pericles, Sofia Manzano and Vera Lúcia are running for the Brazilian presidential election.
If none of the presidential candidates exceeds 50% of the valid votes, the two most voted will face each other again in a second round on October 30.
Source: TSF
