Last showdown with accusations of Lula and Bolsonaro before the election duel
Polls show Lula holding a lead of around 10 to 15 percentage points over Bolsonaro before the first round of voting, but it cannot be said with certainty that he will get the support of 50 percent of voters on Sunday to declare victory after the first round. from the elections.
Brazil's main presidential candidates traded accusations of corruption in their final debate before Sunday's election.
Incumbent far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has accused his leftist rival, former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, of being the "head of the criminal group that ruled Brazil kleptocratically" during his two terms as president from 2003 to 2010.
Lula, who has a commanding lead in polls heading into the first round of voting, called Bolsonaro a "shameless liar" and accused his administration of "covering up bribes to buy vaccines" during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 680.000. Brazilians.
Centrist candidate Simone Tebbet of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (MDB) accused the two main candidates of wasting energy on personal attacks instead of focusing on proposals to address high unemployment and growing hunger.
Polls show Lula holding a lead of around 10 to 15 percentage points over Bolsonaro before the first round of voting, but it cannot be said with certainty that he will get the support of 50 percent of voters on Sunday to declare victory after the first round. from the elections. If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote, the two with the most votes will face off in a runoff on October 30.