Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro ties Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in polls ahead of vote
A court crisis has handed the senator a potent rallying cry: the fate of the justice who oversaw the imprisonment of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
A new poll indicates that Flavio Bolsonaro, a right-wing senator, is now tied with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in terms of support ahead of the upcoming vote. The Quaest survey, published on Monday, reports that both candidates would receive 41% of the vote in a runoff election scheduled for the following month. This is a shift from the previous week when the pollster had Lula leading by just one percentage point.
Flavio Bolsonaro, 44, has been gaining traction as corruption allegations surrounding one of Lula's sons and a weakening economy have impacted the leftist president's chances of reelection. The situation has taken a turn with an escalating crisis at the Supreme Court, which has provided Bolsonaro with another compelling rallying point. The crisis revolves around Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who presided over the case that led to former President Jair Bolsonaro's incarceration for attempting a coup.
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