Lula and Bolsonaro commerce barbs over corruption in Brazil election debate By Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s main presidential candidates traded accusations of corruption within the final debate earlier than Sunday’s election, with little dialogue of proposals to control the South American nation.

Incumbent far-right President Jair Bolsonaro referred to as his leftist rival, former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the boss of a legal gang that ran a “kleptocracy” throughout his two-term presidency 2003-2010.

Lula, who has a cushty double-digit lead going into the primary spherical of voting, referred to as Bolsonaro a “shameless” liar whose authorities had lined up graft within the buy of vaccines throughout the COVID-19 pandemic that killed greater than 680,000 Brazilians.

Centrist candidate Simone Tebet, of the Brazilian Democratic Motion celebration (MDB) scolded each males for exchanging private assaults as an alternative of specializing in proposals to unravel excessive unemployment and rising starvation within the nation.

The talk was run by TV Globo in Rio de Janeiro.

Main opinion polls present Lula with a lead of about 10-15 share factors over Bolsonaro forward of the primary spherical of voting.

Pollster Datafolha mentioned Lula has 50% of the legitimate votes, excluding clean and null ballots, and will win the election outright on Sunday, avoiding a second-round runoff.