Support for the governors of Sao Paulo, Rodrigo Garcia (PSDB), who lost the election, Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema (Novo) and Rio de Janeiro, Claudio Castro (PL), both re-elected, strongly symbolic for President Jair Bolsonaro (Poland) against Lula da Silva (Portugal). They run the three largest electoral colleges in Brazil. But they do not guarantee the transfer of votes. Until yesterday, there was no confirmation of any rally for the president in their capitals. The high abstention of the 1st round could be repeated, especially in states where elections were decided on Sunday (cases of Minas and Rio). And the high rejection of Bolsonaro and Lula could also leave many people at home on the 30th, go to the 2nd round elections. Bolsonaro is preparing the schedule for Belo Horizonte for next week. At the moment, Lula is practically elected by the loyal vote of the first stage.

electoral fraud

Charging by @izanio_charges

The Electoral Public Ministry will have post-election work to investigate many fake news. From the start of the campaign (August 16) until Sunday of the first round of elections, the Pardal da Justiça Eleitoral application received 37,520 different complaints about violations such as withdrawing from voting, vote buying, but mostly fake news on networks, etc. 1,694 were reported mass shootings (SMS and messages via Whatsapp and Telegram) and 15,016 user profiles with signs of “inauthentic behavior” on the Internet.

grandson resists

Even in the face of Jeronimo’s (PT) surprise turn towards the Bahian government, former El Salvador mayor ACM Neto, who deftly led the polls, is resisting Bolsonaro’s declaration of support, as requested by the allies, and is seeking a vote from the center. left right in the state. In the next round, Neto says that he will keep the rhythm of the 1st round, and that he does not want to “federalize the elections” in the state, but let his voters decide. The DEM he ran no longer exists. Friends point out that he risks burying Carlism in the state.

Northeast in plenary

In the northeast, the second largest electoral college by region in Brazil, 151 federal deputies were elected. Of this total, 89 are re-elected and 62 will make their debut in the Chamber of Deputies, representing 41% of the area renewal in the Chamber. Comparison made by Agência Tatu with data from the Supreme Electoral Court.

Covid x Health

Six out of ten Brazilians (62%) consider Covid-19 the biggest health problem. This conclusion was made during the Global Health Services Monitor study conducted by Ipsos. The indicator is higher than the world average, which is 47%. Japan tops the list with 73%. Of the 34 countries that took part in the survey, 19 listed the disease as the top health problem facing the nation.

fires

The big national and international challenge for the next president is the fires that continue in the various biomes of Brazil. Inpe data shows that fires increased in the Amazon in September, the highest since 2010. Last month there were 41,282 fires compared to 16,742 in the same month in 2021. The couple holds the record for the most fires, with 12,696 fires recorded. , representing 30.8% of the total, followed by Amazonas (8,659).