‘People Cannot Be Fooled’: AKD Reacts to Lula’s Victory

Rupavahini News and Newsfirst report that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential runoff against right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro, securing a fourth presidential term. Newsfirst reports that Lula received 51.75% of the vote, while Rupavahini News reports more than 51% and over 64 million votes. Rupavahini News says Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court declared him the winner at about 9 p.m. local time on the 25th.

Rupavahini News and Newsfirst report that Lula had placed second to Bolsonaro in the first round, held on October 4. Rupavahini News gives Bolsonaro 47.03% and about 56.1 million votes, and Lula 45.16% and about 53.88 million. It says no candidate crossed 50%, requiring a runoff, and describes Lula’s comeback as the first time since Brazil’s return to democracy in the 1980s that a first-round runner-up won the second round.

Daily Mirror, Lankadeepa, WhatNews (සිංහල), Ada Derana (தமிழ்), Newswire and Newsfirst report that Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake congratulated Lula. Daily Mirror and Newsfirst say Dissanayake framed the outcome as a rejection of corruption, division and misinformation or political deception; Lankadeepa and WhatNews (සිංහල) report that he also criticised political dynasties and appeals to the past. WhatNews (සිංහල) and Ada Derana say he shared his message on X.

Sri Lanka Mirror reports that Lula addressed supporters in São Paulo and said Brazil would not accept being treated as another country’s backyard. The outlet also reports that Bolsonaro called the result inexplicable.

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