Two weeks before the second round of the presidential election, the leader of the workers’ party hardly pinned the outgoing head of state on the disastrous balance sheet of the pandemic.
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This “Titans fight” had been expected for months like a boxing match. Sunday, October 16, the two opponents of the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, the outgoing far -right head of state, Jair Bolsonaro, and the left leader on the return, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, faced each other During a first face-to-face television debate. The opportunity for these two political “monsters” to measure themselves live and under the eyes of millions of viewers.
Organized by several media, including the TV Bandeirants channel, the historic event, ultimately did not turn to the fire fair. Lula will certainly have treated her opponent as “king of stupidity” and “little dictator”, seeing himself qualified in return as “liar”, “national shame” by Bolsonaro. But, despite some muscular exchanges, and a very theatrical format, allowing the two candidates to wander on stage and approach each other, the climate remained rather courteous.
The first major theme addressed was that of the COVVI-19 crisis, which made Brazil 687,000 victims in Brazil. “You have made fun [victims]. (…) No government in the world has played with the pandemic and death like yours!”, Tonnée Lula, putting Jair Bolsonaro in front of his calamitous health record and his international pariah status. “No country invites you and no one wants to come and see you. I will reopen Brazil in the world,” said a lula, sure of its fact.
The sequence turned to the advantage of the head of the workers’ party (PT). Probling, dissertation and conquering, sporting a tie in the colors of Brazil, the latter did not hesitate to leave his desk to address the camera and indict his opponent. Faced with him, Jair Bolsonaro stood frozen, a tense face, his hands joined behind his back nervously holding a bundle of papers … The outgoing president’s gaze was then lost between floor and ceiling without ever crossing that of his opponent.
The continuation of the confrontation was however more balanced. The far -right champion did not fail to attack Lula on his weak point: corruption cases, which still tarnish in a large part of the opinion of the reputation of the PT, in power from 2003 to 2016. ” There was then corruption in abundance in Brazil! (…) Lula, stay at home, enjoy life and not come back to the scene of your crime! “, Tancied a sudden jair bolsonaro more comfortable , tutying his opponent and going as far as touching the shoulder.
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