Former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso on Thursday urged voters to vote for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in a video uploaded to social networks by the progressive leader, who will contest the second round of Brazil’s presidential elections on Sunday.
“My friends, you who have improved your life with the [plano] Real and believes in Brazil, in these elections there is no doubt, vote for 13, vote for Lula because it will improve your life even more”, said Fernando Henrique Cardoso, in the video published by Lula da Silva, candidate of the Workers’ Party . Party (PT), which leads a progressive front.
On Monday, Lula da Silva had already received the support of José Sarney, the former Brazilian president who led the country’s redemocratization process after the military dictatorship (1964-1985).
In an open letter, Sarney, who governed Brazil from 1985 to 1990, affirmed that “the vote for Lula -who already has his place in the history of Brazil as the one who brought the people to power and as the person in charge of two excellent governments- is a I vote for democracy, for a return to the system of alternation of powers, for the search for the welfare state. The difference is clear.”
In addition to the demonstrations of leaders within Brazil, Lula da Silva also received the support of the president of the Portuguese Government, António Costa, as general secretary of the PS, and the leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), Pedro Sánchez, who is head government in Spain.
The average of the latest polls conducted in the country indicates that Lula da Silva leads the presidential race with about five points ahead of his opponent, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is seeking re-election.
The second round of Brazil’s presidential elections takes place on Sunday.
Source: TSF
