[Text/Observer Network Xiong Chaoran] On October 30th local time, the second round of voting for the Brazilian general election ended and the counting and counting of votes was conducted. This round of voting is the last round of voting, and the candidate for the new Brazilian president will be elected.
According to Reuters , data from Datafolha, an authoritative poll research organization in Brazil, left-wing former Brazilian president Lula (Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva) finally won the fiercely competitive election that day, while the current Brazilian president Bolsonaro (Jair Bolsonaro ) failed to be re-election.
According to Globo.com, Lula won 50.87% of the votes with 99.40% of the votes and Bolsonaro won 49.13% of the votes. That night, the Brazilian Higher Election Court (TSE) also released the official statistics. Among the 99% of the votes that have been counted, Lula won 50.9% of the votes and Bolsonaro won 49.1%. All vote counting results show that Lula was successfully elected.
The new Brazilian president will officially take office on January 1, 2023, with a term of four years. The New York Times pointed out that Lula's victory also pushed Brazil to the left, an extension of a series of left-wing victory in Latin America. Six of the seven largest countries in the region have elected left-wing leaders since 2018.
Screenshot of the vote counting results of Brazil Global TV station
Screenshot of the vote counting results of the Brazilian Higher Election Court
In 2014, the Brazilian judicial authorities launched a large-scale anti-corruption investigation called "Car Wash Operation". In the end, former President Lula was convicted of corruption, with a total sentence of 25 years and 11 months, and he lost the opportunity to run for president. On March 8, 2021, the Supreme Court of Brazil ruled that all the judgments Lula had previously obtained on suspicion of corruption were "invalid." Lula regained her freedom and has since been committed to the 2022 presidential election.
2021, Director of the Advisory Committee of the China Research Institute of Fudan University, Li Shimo , on behalf of Observer Network , interviewed former Brazilian President Lula.
Topics From their own experience in prison, to what role the United States plays in Brazil's political situation, to whether Latin America can get rid of its "backyard fate" and embark on the path of independent development. In particular, Lula also expressed a series of his own views on how to view the impact of China's development on the world.
Previously, in the first round of the Brazilian election held on October 2, Lula received the most votes, with a vote rate of 48.43%, and Bolsonaro ranked second with a vote rate of 43.2%. According to the Brazilian presidential election rules, if no candidate receives more than half of the votes in the first round of voting, the two who receive the most votes will enter the second round of voting, and the candidate who receives the most votes will be elected as the president of Brazil. Statistics from the Brazilian High Election Court show that more than 156 million registered voters have been registered in this year's general election, accounting for about 72.6% of Brazil's total population, an increase of 6.1% from the 2018 general election.
The British "Guardian " pointed out that this year's Brazilian election is not only a very important election for the country, but also has a profound impact on issues such as the Amazon rainforest region and global climate change. This year's election is widely regarded as the most important election since Brazil ended its 21-year military dictatorship in 1985, but now it is divided, with about half of voters opposing incumbent President Bolsonaro and almost the same proportion of people resisting former President Lula.
From Rio de Janeiro political analyst Thomas Traumann predicted before the election that the result of this election was even more stalemate than the 2014 election. At that time, Labour candidate Rousseff defeated her opponent Neves by 51.6% to 48.4%, with a vote difference of 3.45 million votes. Neves's party has since raised controversial questions about the election results, but has not succeeded.
On October 30th local time, Labor Party candidate Lula won the general election, and supporters from Lula across Brazil celebrated the victory. Photo from The Paper Image
On the evening of October 28th local time, Lula and Bolsonaro held the last TV debate before the second round of the election on Brazil Global Television.During the debate, Lula accused Bolsonaro of improper handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, killing nearly 700,000 Brazilians. The 77-year-old left-winger also criticized Bolsonaro for providing weapons to organized crime by relaxing gun laws, causing damage to Brazil's international reputation. Incumbent President Bolsonaro has repeatedly described Lula as a "scammer" and emphasized the "corruption scandal" involved in the former president's tenure.
Although the poll was in a stalemate before the election, according to CNN (CNN), there were no incidents of political violence on the second round of voting on the 30th. However, Lula's allies accused that police blocked vehicles carrying Lula's supporters from going to the voting location that day. Reuters quoted the Brazilian High Election Court as saying that it was denied that someone had blocked the voting and refused to extend the voting time.
Judging from the results of the pre-election poll, Lula's approval rating has always been ahead of the current President Bolsonaro. He once said that if he was successfully elected, he would start to rebuild Brazil's economy, strengthen public financial management, and restrict the privatization of key national industries and implement tax reforms. In terms of international policy, Lula promised to strengthen cooperation mechanisms among Latin American countries, deepen cooperation between BRICS countries, and strive to improve Brazil's position on the world stage.
Brazil Global TV reported that after confirming to win the election, Lula made a speech on the evening of the 30th. He said it was time to "re-establish peace between differences" and promised that he would rule for all Brazilians, not just for those who voted for him.
On October 30th local time, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Lula spoke after winning the Brazilian presidential election. Picture from IC photo
"My friends, starting from January 1, 2023, I will rule for 215 million Brazilians, not just for those who voted for me. Without two Brazilians, we are a country, a nation, a great country."
Lula said in his speech that the most urgent task of his new government is to eliminate hunger and poverty, and also reiterated that it will fulfill its various campaign commitments. He also talked about the protection of the Amazon rainforest, saying that the new Brazilian government will set a "zero deforestation target" to protect local trees and the environment. After Lula won the election, US President Biden congratulated him on the 30th. Biden said in a statement: "I congratulate Lula on winning the free, fair and credible election and being elected as Brazil's next president." "I look forward to working together in the coming months and years to continue the cooperation between our two countries."
Biden issued a statement congratulations to Lula on his victory in the election of
French President Macron also posted on Twitter to congratulate Lula on his election as the new Brazilian president. He said: "Congratulations, dear Lula, your election has opened a new chapter in Brazil's history. We will work together to meet many common challenges and revitalize the friendship between the two countries." Previously, Brazil's current President Bolsonaro teased Macron's wife on social media, which aroused the other party's displeasure.
Macron tweeted to congratulate Lula on winning the election
In addition, Bloomberg reported that the left-wing governments of many Latin American countries also congratulated Lula on winning the election as soon as possible.
Bloomberg Twitter screenshot
It is worth mentioning that during the entire campaign, without showing evidence, Bolsonaro, known as the "tropical Trump", repeatedly claimed that the electronic voting system might be manipulated, and even said that the system has been tampered with in the past. These statements are exactly the same as Trump . But US media said that since 1996, Brazil's electronic votes have not shown any fraud records.
At the end of June this year, Bolsonaro also indirectly called out to the United States in an interview with Fox News in the United States. He said that if the left wins in the Brazilian election in October, they will never step down and South America will turn completely red, effectively isolating the United States.
In the last TV debate on October 28, the media interpreted that Bolsonaro seemed to have revealed his promise to respect the election results, saying that "the person who wins the most votes will win." However, as of 9 p.m. local time in Brazil on October 30, Bolsonaro or his camp has not yet responded to the election results.
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