Far-right chief has not commented on defeat to his rival, Brazilian President-elect Lula da Silva, elevating considerations.
Greater than 24 hours after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was declared Brazil’s subsequent president, incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has but to handle his electoral defeat, elevating considerations the far-right chief could possibly be planning to contest the outcomes.
Da Silva, higher often called Lula, narrowly bested Bolsonaro in Sunday’s second-round run-off, garnering 50.9 p.c help in contrast with 49.1 p.c for the previous military captain.
Whereas Lula struck a conciliatory tone — pledging to “govern for 215 million Brazilians, and never simply for many who voted for me” — and world leaders congratulated him on his victory, Bolsonaro has but to remark publicly or on social media.
Bolsonaro has spent months falsely claiming that the Brazilian electoral system was weak to fraud, spurring fears that he deliberate to contest the outcomes ought to he lose to Lula, as most polls had predicted.
Previously, Bolsonaro additionally has expressed admiration for Brazil’s former navy regime, which dominated from 1964 to 1985, including to considerations across the election marketing campaign.
A senior staffer at Bolsonaro’s marketing campaign headquarters mentioned the president went unaccompanied from his official residence to the presidential palace on Monday morning, however he was declining conferences and calls even from his closest aides and political associates.
Reporting from the capital Brasilia, Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo mentioned the heads of each chambers of Brazil’s Congress have accepted Lula’s victory whereas the director of the electoral tribunal mentioned he spoke to Bolsonaro “and [said] that he's anticipated to just accept the outcomes”.
“However no one is aware of when that's going to occur,” Bo reported on Monday, stressing that Bolsonaro had not but conceded, nor had he known as Lula. “We do hear, nonetheless, that a few of his ministers are advising him to acknowledge this consequence,” she mentioned.
A number of media shops reported that Bolsonaro was anticipated to talk afterward Monday, however a cupboard minister instructed the Reuters information company that he wouldn't publicly tackle his loss till Tuesday.
A few of Bolsonaro’s closest allies have publicly acknowledged Lula’s victory, together with Sao Paulo governor-elect Tarcisio de Freitas and Senator-elect Damares Alves, each of whom served as ministers below Bolsonaro.
“The need of the bulk seen on ballots shall by no means be contested,” one other ally, Decrease Home Speaker Arthur Lira, instructed reporters on Sunday. Evangelical pastor Silas Malafaia, who has been a strident Bolsonaro supporter, additionally known as for God to bestow his “blessing” on Lula.
His eldest son, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, additionally tweeted because of his father’s supporters and mentioned: “Let’s elevate our heads and never hand over on our Brazil! God is in cost!”
In the meantime, truckers and different protesters blocked highways in a number of Brazilian states all through the day in an obvious protest in opposition to the defeat of Bolsonaro, who counted truckers as one in every of his key constituencies and was backed by main enterprise pursuits.
Vehicles, automobiles and burning tyres blocked a number of factors within the west-central farm state of Mato Grosso, an organization that manages a freeway within the state mentioned, threatening to disrupt agricultural shipments.
Brazil’s Federal Freeway Police (PRF) mentioned truckers had partially or absolutely blocked roads in 16 states throughout the nation. Video footage confirmed some truckers demanding “navy intervention” and saying they might not settle for Lula as president.
The best variety of blockades was in Santa Catarina, a state the place Bolsonaro has an unlimited help base, and Mato Grosso do Sul, an vital grains-growing and cattle state, in line with the PRF’s nationwide department.
Lula had criticised Bolsonaro on Sunday night time for not acknowledging the consequence.
“Anyplace else on the planet, the defeated president would have known as me to recognise his defeat,” the president-elect mentioned in his victory speech to a euphoric sea of red-clad supporters in Sao Paulo.
Lula had promised to reverse a few of Bolsonaro’s most divisive insurance policies, together with by bolstering environmental and Indigenous protections after years of surging deforestation within the Amazon rainforest.
However his first problem might be to unite a deeply divided nation, specialists have mentioned. “There should not two Brazils. We're one nation, one folks, one nice nation,” Lula mentioned on Sunday in his victory speech.
On Monday, Lula met with Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez, who flew to Sao Paulo to satisfy the newly elected chief. Fernandez had hailed Lula’s victory as ushering in “a brand new period for the historical past of Latin America”.
United States President Joe Biden additionally spoke to Lula to congratulate him.
“President Biden counseled the power of Brazilian democratic establishments following free, truthful, and credible elections,” the White Home mentioned in a assertion describing the talks.
“The 2 leaders mentioned the sturdy relationship between the US and Brazil, and dedicated to proceed working as companions to handle frequent challenges, together with combatting local weather change, safeguarding meals safety, selling inclusion and democracy, and managing regional migration.”
Encontro hoje com o amigo @alferdez. A nação Argentina é um país irmão e fico feliz de retomarmos a amizade. Vamos reforçar nossa cooperação para um futuro melhor para nossos povos🇧🇷🇦🇷
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— Lula 13 (@LulaOficial) October 31, 2022
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