Brazil is scheduled to hold a presidential election in October. The latest poll shows that former Brazilian President Luis Inasio Lula da Silva has received the highest approval rating. If Lula runs for election, she will win successfully.
Lulla served as president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010. In a large-scale anti-corruption investigation launched by Brazilian judicial authorities in 2014, it was determined that many important political figures, including Lula, were related to the corruption case of state-owned enterprise Petrobras . Last July, Lula was found guilty of corruption and money laundering and was sentenced to nine years and six months in prison. In its second-instance ruling in January this year, the Brazilian Court of Appeal upheld Lula's charges of corruption and money laundering, and extended his sentence to 12 years and 1 month.
Since Lula's defense team requested continued appeal, the second-instance judgment cannot take effect for the time being, Lula is still a free person. Lula had previously made it clear that she would insist on participating in the presidential election.
The poll results released by the Brazilian Welfare poll on January 31 showed that if Lula runs, she will receive 34% of voters' support in the first round of voting, followed by right-wing candidate Jail Bolsonaro with a support rate of 16%; former Environment Minister Marina Silva, who had run for president twice in 2010 and 2014, ranked third with a support rate of 8%.
Brazilian Welfare polls on 2,826 people on January 29 and 30. Judging from the poll results, Lula's support rate is significantly ahead of other candidates. If he runs for election, he will be able to win the second round of election voting. If Lula ultimately fails to run for the case, Bolsonaro will receive 18% of voters in the first round of voters and Marina Silva will receive 13% of the votes.
In addition, 32% of respondents said that if Lula did not run for the election, they would not vote for any presidential candidate. (Chen Lixi) (Xinhua News Agency Special Report)
