By a narrow margin, Lula defeated in the second round of elections on October 30 ultra-right-wing President, Jair Bolsonaro, who wanted to be reelected.
The founder of the Workers’ Party ran in an electoral process for the six time. Before, he did it in 1989, 1994 and 1998, and only won in 2002, 2006 and 2022.
After taking the oath as president and stand at the podium of the National Congress to deliver the inauguration speech, he who has been described as the best president in Brazil in recent history will have to solve social problems which have set the country back in the last four years.
Primarily Lula should bring peace to a nation divided between the aggressive conservative right and the progressive left since 2013.
A recent example of political violence by the now opposition right was staged by businessman George Washington de Oliveira Sousa, who attempted a bomb explosion in an area of Brasilia’s International Airport.
The 54-year-old delinquent, arrested with war devices, confessed that he planned to carry out an attack through a fuel truck explosion during Lula’s procession, scheduled for Sunday.
“Prepared to kill or die,” the Bolsonaro follower said. He was accused of terrorism and put behind bars at a maximum-security jail near the Federal District.
Among other challenges, Lula will also need to have the support of a majority at the National Congress if he wants to pass important measures for the nation’s development. The previous challenge will require to negotiate with party leaders of the so called Centrão (center), which, according to analysts- don’t support ideals or flags, but interests.
However, the main challenge the former union leader must face has to do with the social aspect.
After it left the Hunger Map in 2014, Brazil again suffered that scourge with Bolsonaro and 33.1 million people, 15 percent of the population, live without being able to eat, the same index in 1992.
In no area the outgoing head of state was so devastating than in the environmental area. With government incentives, he dismantled climate protection agencies and allowed companies to illegally operate in forests, especially in the Amazon region.
Added to this is the indecent inflation, the rise in fuel and electricity prices, unemployment, school dropouts, high interest rates and low vaccination coverage, which makes it possible for eradicated diseases to return, including, measles, rubella and polio.
Fully confident in the future, Lula promised that in his four years in office he will rebuild Brazil socially and economically, making it a pleasant destination for dreams.
Taken from Orbe
By Osvaldo Cardosa, Chief Correspondent/Brasilia
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