Former President Lula receives significant support before the first round: that of the ecologist Marina Silva. The former Minister of the Environment sides with the left-wing candidate 20 days from the first round, against Jair Bolsonaro.
With our correspondent in Sao Paulo, Martin Bernard
It is a strong support for Lula: that of Marina Silva, the one who was his Minister of the Environment for five years, between 2003 and 2008, and who symbolizes the fight for the preservation of the Amazon.
Despite the differences that subsequently emerged, Marina Silva asserts that the most important thing is to defend democracy against what she calls “ the threat of threats “, Namely, according to her, Jair Bolsonaro who is seeking a second term.
This rallying of Marina Silva comes at a time when the gap between the two candidates is gradually closing, and when Jair Bolsonaro continues to score points with evangelicals.
But the ecologist Marina Silva is also evangelical and could lend a hand to Lula with this electorate. While Jair Bolsonaro speaks of a struggle of ” good versus evil “, Marina Silva evokes” union against the trivialization of evil “.