Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro have branded incoming president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a communist. Half the country has fallen for the smear campaign, though Lula's track record speaks for itself.
but it raised concerns he may not accept the result. the other frontrunner is luiz inacio lula da silva, known simply as lula. the left wing former metal worker and union leader was president of brazil from 2003 to 2010 for the workers party, and left office with an approval rating of 80%. he was jailed in 2018 on corruption charges, but those were quashed and he was freed in 2021, allowing him to run in this election, promising to get the country back to normal . we will go to copacabana beach where our correspondence is standing by. the count has begun so where are we? 10% of the vote has been counted and
bolsonaro, is seeking a second term. a former captain in the brazilian military, he was a councillor for rio dejaniero, before being elected president in 2018. he cut ties with the social liberal party in 2019, and is running for the conservative liberal party in this election. mr bolsonaro has previously said if he loses this election, it will be because the voting system is rigged something brazil s electoral authority has dismissed but it raised concerns he may not accept the result. the other frontrunner is luiz inacio lula da silva, known simply as lula. the left wing former metal worker and union leader was president of brazil from 2003 to 2010 for the workers party, and left office with an approval rating of 80%. he was jailed in 2018 on corruption charges, but those were quashed and he was freed in 2021,
an important state here. it s a very popular state, very influential, so starting his campaign here means a lot for him to try to win some of those votes. now let s look at lula da silva. he s a left wing politician. he was president for eight years between 2003 and 2010. during that time there was an economic boom that helped lift tens of millions of people from poverty. but in 2018, he was convicted of corruption charges as part of widescale bribery investigation. he spent more than a year in prison before the conviction was overturned by a supreme courtjudge last year, meaning he could run again. in the last hour, he visited a car factory in sao paulo, honouring his roots as a former metal worker and union leader. earlier, he released this campaign video. translation: my friends, i ve officially started i my electoral campaign. i ask god to enlighten my path and i ask to be president again