Lula keen to debate Bolsonaro on rebuilding Brazil in 2022 campaign
October 8, 2021
12:52 PM CDT
Last Updated 16 hours ago
Americas
By Anthony Boadle
2 minute read
BRASILIA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday that he looks forward to a debate about Brazil's future in next year's presidential campaign, attacking far-right President Jair Bolsonaro without openly declaring his candidacy.
Lula has spent months preparing another run for president, first in private talks with party leaders to form a coalition and now, increasingly, at public events where he has highlighted rising poverty and inflation in the pandemic-torn country.
"When I left office, I never imagined hunger would return to Brazil," he told reporters at a news conference where he called Bolsonaro incompetent and argued for a stronger role for the state in economic development.
"In two months' time we will be in an election year and we will be able to debate how to fix this country and elect someone who respects democracy and stops talking nonsense," Lula said.
More:
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/lula-keen-debate-bolsonaro-rebuilding-brazil-2022-campaign-2021-10-08/
(It's hard not to notice the anti-left slant in every article discussing progressive leaders, although some people are dim enough to imagine they always get the unadulterated truth from corporate media, or even worse.)
