“There must be an all-out mobilisation for Lula.”
By the Brazil Solidarity Initiative
In the aftermath of his narrow deficit to the far-right Bolsonaro Jr. in the first round of Brazil’s Presidential Election, President Lula vowed to mobilise all the forces he can in the weeks before the second round on 25th October.
Admitting he had expected to win this round, he said “The result is often unexpected,” but then vowed to take the fight to his opponents in the second round, just as he and the Brazilian Workers’ Party have so many times before.
Pointing out that “from tomorrow, we begin a new campaign,” he declared the next poll “the moment of the real test,” stating it is an opportunity to show “the true picture of Brazil today” and “the Brazil that we want.”
This is because the election is one of stark choices, with Lula arguing that only on the basis of improving public services such as education, and social plus economic development, can the country move forward.
The far-right’s agenda offers no such route to a better future – put in simple terms, “Brazil will not move forward by making it easier to sell guns.”
With the second round a choice of only two candidates, Lula also noted that Flávio Bolsonaro offers “only uncertainty, ” and has sinister and “deeply troubling” elements to his political past.
He also pointed out that those who don’t want Brazil to go down this far-right route of destruction can’t afford to abstain at the end of the month – “voting is necessary to decide the future of this country.”
That means there must be an all-out mobilisation for Lula.
Lula concluded that this fight for the future of Brazil is very much alive, saying “I’m very good in a knockout contest, one-on-one,” and that “the game is about to begin. We’re in extra time.”
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- This article first appeared on BSI’s website on 5 October 2026.
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