Lula votes in Sao Paulo and attacks Flavio Bolsonaro, 'he's a liar'

The outgoing president of Brazil and candidate for re-election, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, voted this morning around 9.40 in the polling station set up in a school in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in the state of Sao Paulo.

"I'm 80 years old, I've been involved in politics for 50 years and I've never seen anything like this," he said, referring to demonstrations of support organized in several states in the days leading up to the runoff. The head of state then denounced episodes of political violence, citing the attack on PT city councilor Iara Pimentel in Minas Gerais and some reports of attacks in Mato Grosso do Sul.

Lula then defended respect for political and religious differences and acceptance of electoral results, underlining that democratic coexistence requires respect even between people who support different candidates. Leaving home to go to the polling station, Lula criticized Flavio Bolsonaro. "We are participating in the elections against a citizen who is called a lie. He is not capable of telling a single truth."

After the vote, he returned to Sao Paulo, where he will await the results of the vote in a hotel in the capital together with family and supporters.