Bolsonaro did not admit defeat – NRK Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

After a divisive election campaign, Brazil appears to be split in half as people go to the polls on Sunday.

Brazil’s current president, Jair Bolsonaro, has yet to admit defeat.

Benedict Pohl, a professor at the University of Oslo’s Center for Development and Environment, says the narrow win of just 50.9 percent for Lula da Silva increases the risk of post-election political unrest.

First, it is more likely that Bolsanaro will challenge the outcome of the elections that he has been feared for several years.

Like former US President Donald Trump, Bolsonaro made it clear before the election that he had no confidence in the electoral system.

– He previously said that he has only three options: “victory, prison or death.” Paul says he’s probably now going to sit down and think about what he should do.

She fears Bolsonaro’s supporters will become violent, too. The professor believes that even if Bolsonaro admits defeat, it may be difficult for Lula to rule when nearly half of the population voted for Bolsonaro.

– In addition, he has a Congress that he strongly opposes.

Brazil is back!

The winner of the last election delivered his first speech on Monday night, Norwegian time, after it was revealed that he had won the presidential election.

We are heading towards new times of peace, love and hope. I will lead 215 million Brazilians, not just those who voted for me. There are no Brazilians. Lula said in his speech: We are one country, one people, and a great nation.

The 77-year-old, who was also a former president of Brazil, won the election by a slim margin over incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro.

He added that it is not in anyone’s interest to live in a divided country in a state of perpetual war. He added that the country is ready to regain its position in the fight against the climate crisis, especially when it comes to the Amazon rainforest.

Lula also made a clear statement to the world.

Today we announce to the world: Brazil is back! Lula said to applause.

But Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Lula on his victory.

He took the lead from Bolsonaro

Polls closed at 21, Norwegian time, Sunday, and at midnight it was clear that Lula da Silva had won the election.

50.9 percent voted for Lula and 49.1 percent for Bolsonaro.

The first votes counted were from the regions where Bolsonaro had the most support and the president clearly took the lead. But Lula curtailed his lead throughout election night and was elected president of Brazil for the third time.

The police stopped the voters

Election day was marked by buses stopping for voters in several regions of the country on their way to the polling stations.

According to the main newspaper Folha de São Paulo, these buses have been stopped in more than 500 places.

This prompted Lula’s party leader, Gliese Hoffman, to demand the arrest of the traffic police chief.

Police Chief Silvini Vasquez urged his Instagram followers today to vote for Jair Bolsonaro in today’s election, but the post was later deleted.

After the president of the Brazilian Electoral Tribunal, Alexandre de Moraes, ordered Vásquez to remove the barriers, buses were allowed to continue.

All voters arrived at the polling stations and were able to vote, according to what was reported Head of TSE.

Dirty election campaign

In the first round of elections on October 2 Lula got the same number of votes pollsters expected: 48 percent. While Bolsonaro’s result was much better than expected: 43.5%.

But since no one could achieve the required 50 percent of the country’s vote, the match had to be replayed on October 30.

The weeks leading up to Sunday’s election were largely about talking to the opponent. Little has been said about how to concretely shape politics and bring Brazil out of the shadow of the pandemic.

Bolsonaro’s campaign was marked by slogans such as: “God, Fatherland, Family and Freedom,” and threats that Brazil would plunge into communism if Lula won.

While Lula promised to “take back Brazil” and “give the poor a better life”.

Brazil has never seen an election campaign with so much hostility and so much fake news. After each televised debate, newspapers had long lists of statements containing factual errors.

The words “lies” and “lies” have been used extensively – at election meetings, in television debates, and on social media.

About the fate of the rainforest

Lula’s election gives us and our allies in Brazil hope, says Anders Haug Larsen of the Rainforest Trust NRK.

– But Lola has a big task ahead of her. The first thing he should do is put an end to deforestation and overcome violence against indigenous people and other environmental defenders.

It is powered by one Carbon Brief Analysis. It shows that Lula’s victory could reduce deforestation by 89 percent by 2030.

Under Bolsonaro’s leadership, deforestation has increased by as much as 75 percent, according to Regenskogofundit.

In the Carbon Brief analysis, the researchers considered their starting point that Lula is making good on his election promises to crack down on deforestation. When Lula was president from 2003 to 2011, his government managed to reduce deforestation by 70 percent.