The sabotage has taken place on the day that the polls point to an increase in support for the leader of the Workers’ Party
The tension is palpable in the atmosphere a few days before the second round of the presidential elections in Brazil, which will take place this Sunday. In recent days, the polls placed the candidates (the president, Jair Bolsonaro, and the former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva) in a technical tie. And in these elections, as in war, anything goes to achieve power. In a climate of growing tension, a group of Bolsonarist supporters tried to boycott an act of the Workers’ Party in Niterói, the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, by throwing eggs at the entourage.
The political representatives, led by Senator Simone Tebet and the local mayor, Axel Grael, were also rebuked by some neighbors who insulted them from the windows of their homes. When they approached the arena they were greeted with eggs, although none of them hit them, according to local media.
Despite the unpleasant reception, Tebet turned the other cheek and continued his plans in the city. During his speech, who was the third option among the citizens in the first round, pointed out that, although he has his “differences” with Lula, he shares with him his desire to put people “first”, unlike Bolsonaro, whom he blamed for the deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic. «Lula allowed black and poor people to go to university. Bolsonaro wants to buy weapons. Yes, I am with Lula », he remarked.
50% vote
The sabotage took place on the same day that the latest polls showed a favorable change to the leftist leader, who achieved a 50% vote intention compared to 43% obtained by his rival. Thus, with this paradigm shift (the polls of the previous days placed the candidates in a technical tie), the main polling institutes agree that Lula will win in Sunday’s elections. Some specify that they will have a difference of between 4 and 5 points.
If the predicted results are fulfilled, Bolsonaro would maintain the same votes that he obtained in the first round on day 2 (43.2%), while Lula would obtain almost two points more than then (48.4%). The leftist leader used the occasion to urge his rival to accept the final decision of the polls. “I hope that if I win, Bolsonaro will have a moment of sanity and call me to accept the result,” said Lula, who reported that he lost three elections and went home each time. “I did not continue insulting,” he said in relation to Bolsonaro.
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