“I have said something that is politically unwise to say, but everyone knows that I have four years to do all this, everyone knows that an 81-year-old citizen cannot want re-election“, Lula said in a meeting with civil society broadcast on social networks five days before the general elections in Brazil.
“Nature is relentless,” continued the former union leader, who turns 77 in an exact month.
Lula, who governed Brazil for two terms between 2003 and 2010, left power with an approval rating above 80%, and is now the favorite to win the presidency for the third time against his current occupant, the far-right Jair Bolsonaro.
According to the latest Datafolha poll, the leftist gathers 47% of voting intentions, compared to 33% for Bolsonaro, and could win in the first round on Sunday if he gets more than 50% of the valid votes (discounting null or blank) .
“I need you so that we can defeat our adversary and govern this country well,” he said. “We are going to give our soul for this country to ensure that everyone can have breakfast, lunch and dinner.”
Lula returned to the political arena after a year and seven months in prison and with his image marred by the Lava Jato corruption scandal, over a gigantic bribery network around the state-owned oil company Petrobras.
Source: Ambito
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