Brazilian President Lula da Silva, elected to a third term in 2022 and who has said he is opposed to re-election, said Tuesday he could be a candidate for re-election in 2026. This year Lula will turn 80 years old. old, but he said he would run again if necessary to avoid what he called a return of “troglodytes” to power, a reference to former President Jair Bolsonaro and the far-right forces that support him.
“If it is necessary to be a candidate in order to prevent the troglodytes who ruled this country from ruling again, then you can be sure that my 80 years will turn into 40 and I can become a candidate,” Lula says in an interview. from Radio CBN from Grupo Globo.
In the 2026 presidential and legislative elections in early October, Lula will turn 81 in just a few days. But he confirms that if he wants to defeat the far right, and if his health allows it, he will not shy away from the challenge of becoming a candidate for a fourth presidential term.
“I will not allow this country to be ruled again by a fascist and Brazil again to be ruled by a denier,” Lula says on the matter, again alluding to former President Jair Bolsonaro, who was disqualified from running in elections until 2030 by the Electoral Court. Superior, but is trying to coordinate with the most conservative forces in the Brazilian parliament to approve an amnesty that will allow him to run again in elections.
Author: Domingos Grilo Serrinha This correspondent in Brazil
Source: CM Jornal
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