Brazil Rivals Stage Final Rallies Ahead Of Cliffhanger Vote
Sumaira FH Published October 29, 2022 | 04:20 PM
Rio de Janeiro, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Oct, 2022 ) :Brazil's presidential candidates will hold their final rallies on Saturday in a scramble for votes on the eve of a white-knuckle election that has deeply polarized Latin America's largest economy.
The charismatic leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, tarnished by graft allegations, remains a hair's breadth ahead in the polls after a narrow first-round victory.
But many see the race against far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro as too close to call.
The run-off campaign has been a dirty, gloves-off battle for every last vote between two men adored and hated in almost equal measure.
Critical policy issues such as the economy, corruption, and the stricken Amazon have taken a backseat to personal attacks.
Bolsonaro has been accused of "cannibalism" or "pedophilia" over controversial remarks, while Lula has been derided as a "lawless bandit" who has made a pact with Satan.
The rivals held a final mudslinging bout on Friday night in their last debate, which featured mutual accusations of lying, corruption and disastrous management.
"Stop lying, Lula," said Bolsonaro. "Do I have to perform an exorcism on you to get you to stop lying?" "Brazilians know who the liar is," Lula fired back.
Bolsonaro outperformed pollsters' predictions in the first-round vote on October 2 to finish just five points shy of Lula, 48 percent to 43 percent.
Lula now has 53 percent voter support to Bolsonaro's 47 percent, according to a poll published Thursday by the Datafolha institute, which will release a final poll Saturday night.
Both candidates have gone all-out to win over the five percent of voters who plan to spoil their ballots, and another two percent that are undecided.
The run-off is mired in "uncertainty," said a statement from the Hold consultancy in Brasilia on Friday.
Despite Lula's "slight advantage, potential changes in stance by the voter could favor" Bolsonaro, it said. "Abstention rates will also have an influence on the final result." On Saturday, Bolsonaro will fire up supporters at a motorcycle rally in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state with the country's second-highest population: Minas Gerais.
Both candidates have devoted outsized attention to the state. Since 1989, no president has won an election without a victory in Minas Gerais.
Lula will make his final appearance in Sao Paulo, Brazil's economic powerhouse, where he got his start as a metalworker at the age of 14 before becoming a unionist.
The dogfight has frayed nerves in the country of 215 million people, which is facing pressing issues including hunger and economic recovery from the Covid pandemic, which left more than 685,000 dead in Brazil.
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