Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva returns to power in Brazil 20 years after his first term. An suffrage winner whose difficult outcome seemed uncertain until the very end due to the great popularity of Bolsonaro, an outgoing president backed by conservatives and elements of the Brazilian far right.
Lula da Silva began by celebrating the victory on Twitter. The future head of state took to social media to show his joy at returning to the presidency and shared a photo of the Brazilian flag, which he captioned “Democracy”.
Lula da Silva, who has already served two terms between 2003 and 2011, returns to the Palacio da Alvorada after winning in the second round, for the first time in Brazil’s recent democratic history, over a re-candidate for the presidency.
The former trade unionist will appoint Geraldo Alcmina of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), who was already his opponent in the 2006 presidential election, and later of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) as his vice president.
At 77, Lula da Silva became the first head of state to serve three terms in recent Brazilian history, having been a candidate for President of the Republic of Brazil six times.
After the election results were announced, Lula da Silva made his first speech as Brazil’s new president-elect, beginning by thanking everyone who voted and worked on his campaign.
“We have not faced an adversary, we have not faced a candidate. We are facing the Brazilian state machine put at the service of a candidate in a situation to try and prevent us from winning the election.”began by pointing at Lulu in front of the audience who were waiting for him at the celebration.
“They tried to bury me alive, and here I am. And I’m here to run this country in a very difficult situation. But I believe in God that with the help of the people we will find a way to make this country live “democratically” again.stated.
Brazil’s president-elect intends, as he promised in his campaign, to devote his third term to fighting hunger, rebuilding the economy, protecting the environment and appeasing a population divided by strong political polarization.
Bolsonaro becomes first president to fail re-election
Jair Bolsonaro lost in the second round of the presidential election to former head of state Lula da Silva, becoming the first Brazilian president not to win re-election.
In 1997, during the first term of Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s presidency, a Proposed Constitutional Amendment was approved allowing the incumbent to be re-elected. Since then, with the exception of Bolsonaro, all presidents who have been in power and who have run for president have been re-elected for another four years.
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