International Desk: According to the previous idea, the presidential election of Brazil is a fierce battle. Brazil’s former presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated current president Jair Bolsonaro by a small margin. CNN says that Lula will take office as the president of Brazil on January 1.
Al-Jazeera, a Qatar-based media outlet, cited Brazil’s election authorities as saying that Lula had received 50.8 percent of the vote after counting the country’s last round of votes on Sunday. On the other hand, Bolsonaro got 49.2 percent.
“First of all, I want to thank all the comrades who are here with me,” Lula, 77, told jubilant supporters after the result. Our fight was with the state machine, not just the candidate, who wanted to prevent us from winning this election. I would like to thank everyone who went to vote.
Lula was president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010. This time he is going to take responsibility as the president of the country for the third time.
After defeating Bolsonaro, Lula also said that today we want to tell the world that Brazil is back. Brazil is ready to reclaim its place in the fight against the climate crisis, especially the Amazon forest.
Meanwhile, world leaders have started congratulating Lula on her victory. French President Emmanuel Macron said in a post that the two leaders will renew the friendship between the two countries.
In addition, US President Joe Biden congratulated Lula immediately after the election results were announced. He said that the election was free, open and acceptable. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also congratulated Lula.
