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No Recovery for Lula’s Approval in Brazil
(Angus Reid Global Scan) - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been unable to regain the backing of Brazilians, according to a poll by Ibope released by TV Globo. 30 per cent of respondents have a positive opinion of the president's performance, up one point since mid-September.
Lula—a three-time presidential candidate for the Worker's Party (PT)—won the October 2002 presidential election with 61 per cent of the vote in a run-off against Jose Serra of the Brazilian Party of Social Democracy (PSDB).
The Brazilian government has been the target of criticism after Brazilian Labour Party (PTB) member Roberto Jefferson declared that members of two political organizations—the Liberal Party (PL) and the Progressive Party (PP)—received payments of up to $12,000 U.S. from the government in exchange for support in the legislative branch. Jefferson has so far provided no evidence to back his allegations.
In August, advertising executive Duda Mendonca—who orchestrated Lula's 2002 presidential campaign—declared to congressional investigators that the PT partly paid for his services with funds from an offshore bank in the Bahamas in violation of electoral regulations.
Yesterday during a conference in Italy, Lula said this century could "belong to Latin America," adding, "All political leaders must be prepared to face the challenges of development and integration, but above all, to devise strong social policies that guarantee education for the less privileged."
Polling Data
How would you rate the performance of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as president?
Oct. 13 | Sept. 12 | Aug. 17 | |
Good / Very Good | 30% | 29% | 29% |
Fair | 41% | 36% | 38% |
Bad / Very Bad | 28% | 32% | 31% |
Source: Ibope / TV Globo
Methodology: Interviews to 2,002 Brazilian adults, conducted from Oct. 11 to Oct. 13, 2005. Margin of error is 2.2 per cent.