“The fight continues until the final victory,” former left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared this Sunday night, reaching the head of the presidential race but forced to face outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro in a second round, who is hot on your heels.
“We are going to win this election,” said the icon of the left, who obtained 48% of the vote compared to 43% for the far-right president, and promised “more trips, other meetings” to meet Brazilians to win a third term. . on October 30.
Lula won by a much smaller margin than polls predicted over incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in the first round of Brazil’s election on Sunday, suggesting a closely contested runoff.
“A Prolongation”
“It’s just an extension. I can tell you that we are going to win this election,” assured the former president.
“The fight continues, until the final victory,” said the 76-year-old former steelworker, who admitted he expected to win in the first round and was dejected after the result was announced.
Lula is contesting his sixth presidential race, 12 years after leaving power with a stratospheric popularity rating (87%). But he is struggling to shed the image of corruption that has stuck with him since the big “Lavage express” scandal, which landed him 18 months in prison before his sentences were canceled or prescribed.
Source: BFM TV
