Brazil's top two presidential candidates offer voters a rehabilitated version of their past selves if they come into power – Lula as a corruption fighter and Bolsonaro as a moderate
Former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who spent 19 months in prison on bribery convictions, has promised to crack down on corruption if elected in Brazil's October election.
Lula, who led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, was jailed in the country's biggest corruption investigation that put dozens of politicians and businessmen in prison for graft and bribes. His convictions were later annulled allowing him to run again for office. If some farmers were against him, Lula said, it is because he opposes the destruction of the forest, but "serious" agricultural exporters were against"What we need is to correctly tap our biodiversity and generate employment in the Amazon," he said. Bolsonaro, who is not exactly known for mild rhetoric, is now counting on a more moderate image and economic upturn to win, his communications minister said on Thursday.
And though some of those voters are disillusioned today, Bolsonaro's camp is confident the incumbent will win them back with a softer tone and an improving economy, Faria told the AFP news agency in an interview at the presidential palace in Brasilia.
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