Presidential candidate Simone Tebet has given parties that support her 48 hours to cast their votes in the second round and promised to make her decision public.
“I already have a side, I won’t cringe”said Simone Tebet, who came third in the first round of Sunday’s presidential election.
‘Parties must position themselves as quickly as possible’said the candidate, who sought to be an alternative to Workers’ Party candidate Lula da Silva (left) and current head of state, Jair Bolsonaro (far right).
With 4.2%, Simone Tebet was supported by the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) and Citizenship.
Ciro Gomes (Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro), the former minister of Lula who criticized the former president on the way, also promised to make his position known soon.
“Give me a few more hours to talk with my party, with my friends, to see how I can best serve the Brazilian nation”asked the candidate who finished fourth in the first round, with about 3% of the vote.
Ciro Gomes said in a brief statement to his family in Fortaleza that he was “deeply concerned about what is happening in Brazil” and believed there was “a potentially threatening situation” for the future of the country.
“I have never seen a situation so complex, so challenging and potentially threatening to our destiny as a nation”said the candidate who finished fourth in the first round, with about 3% of the vote.
According to official data, Lula da Silva won 47.85% of the vote in the first round and Bolsonaro 43.70%, when 96.93% of the electoral divisions were responsible.
The more than 156 million voters were called to polls this Sunday until 5pm in Brasília (9pm in Lisbon), in the 577,125 electronic voting machines spread across 5,570 cities across the country.
The candidates Luís Felipe D’Ávila, Soraya Tronicke, Eymael, Father Kelmon, Leonardo Pericles, Sofia Manzano and Vera Lúcia also took part in the Brazilian presidential election.
None of the candidates passed 50%, so the two most voted will meet again on October 30 in a runoff election.
Source: DN
