The candidate of the workers’ party and the outgoing Brazilian president have treated each other in “liar” during the last television duel before Sunday ballot.
Le Monde
The tone rose during the last television debate between Lula and Jair Bolsonaro, Friday October 28, two days before the second round of the Brazilian presidential election. The two candidates were treated with insistent “liar”.
“This guy is the biggest liar in the history of Brazil,” launched the ex-president of the left Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, 77, from the first minutes of the debate broadcast on TV Globo, the channel The most watched in the country.
“Will he have to exorcise him so that he stops lying?” Reported the head of state of the far right. “He takes himself for the” little father of the poor “, added Mr. Bolsonaro, 67, before treating Lula from” Bandit “.
“I am not here to respond [to the provocations] of my opponent, I came to speak to the Brazilian people,” said the left icon, calling the far -right president of “unbalanced”.
This debate was held in the final stretch of an often orders, full of low blows and massive disinformation on social networks.
Lula has slightly increased its advance in the latest survey of the DataFolha Reference Institute, published Thursday, with 53 % of the voting intentions expressed, against 47 % for the far -right president. A difference of six points, which was only four points last week.
The Bolsonaro momentum
With this advantage, and if the polls say true, “Lula can be content to play for the draw, while Bolsonaro must win by several goals” during the debate on Friday, said the columnist Souza Josias policy on the UOL information site, with a football metaphor that Brazilians love.
“The only thing that can reverse the steam is the televised debate, 55 % of voters say that it is an important moment for their decision -making. The slightest slippage can be decisive for the final result,” said The France-Presse Felipe Nunes agency, political scientist and director of the Quaest survey institute.
During the only other face-to-face between Lula and Bolsonaro, on October 16, on the chain bandirants, the exchanges had been less aggressive than before. During the debates before the first round, bringing together other candidates, the hateful remarks had shot on both sides.
In the first round, on October 2, Lula came out on top with 48 % of the votes, against 43 % for Jair Bolsonaro. But the scoring of the far-right president has proven to be much higher than what the polls predicted, giving him a certain momentum for the in-between towers campaign.
hiccups in the camp Bolsonaro
This momentum was however held back by two major hiccups: unwelcome declarations of the Minister of the Economy, Paulo Guedes, indicating that the increase in the minimum wage may no longer be indexed to inflation, and the incredible arrest of an ex-Bolsonarist deputy having injured grenade police officers.
feeling cornered, President Bolsonaro, who had gained his criticism on the electronic urns system, found a new workhorse this week: the denunciation of alleged irregularities in the dissemination of electoral propaganda to the Radio.
The Higher Electoral Court (TSE) rejected the request of the campaign team of the Head of State, arguing that no evidence had been presented, which could constitute an “electoral offense” and an attempt “Detabilization of the second round”.
According to experts, Mr. Bolsonaro prepares the field to challenge the result in the event of defeat, fueling fears of violent incidents, like the Capitole invasion in Washington after Donald Trump’s defeat American presidential election in January 2021.