Temer supports Flávio Bolsonaro in the run-off against Lula

Former Brazilian President Michel Temer (2016-2018) declared his support for Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of the October 25 runoff against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In a video released on social media, Temer said that the result of the first round shows the voters' willingness to change and associated the candidacy of the leader of the Partido Liberal (PL) with "reconnection" with society. This was reported by the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.

"The polls have spoken", said Temer, according to whom the request for renewal also emerged from the new composition of Parliament and the result of the presidential candidacy which came first in the ballot. "Society does not want repeated formulas and crude speeches. It wants new ideas, new attitudes, new projects and a different path," he said, concluding: "It therefore wants reconnection. And reconnection is Flávio."

Temer, president from 2016 to 2018, thus formalized his support for the PL candidate for the second round. In the first round, Bolsonaro obtained 47.03% of valid votes, against Lula's 45.16%.