Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the general election in Sao Paulo, Brazil. File photoMEXICO CITY, Oct 5 Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is running for office again, received the official support of the first-round dropouts of the Democratic Labor Party (PDT) and its leader Siru Gomez, and also of the Cidadania movement, the G1 portal reported. «The candidate of the Workers' Party, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, received official support from the PDT, Siru Gomez and Cidadania,» according to a material on the publication's website. According to the results of the first round, the candidates of the movements who now supported Lula, with a total of 3.11% of the vote. In favor of the incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, who also advanced to the second round of elections with a 5% gap behind Lula, Senator Sergio Moro elected from the Union of Brazil, re-elected governor Romeu Zema (New party) and candidate for governor of Sao Paulo Rodrigo Garcia (Social Democrats). In the first round, Lula da Silva scored 48.43%, and Bolsonaro — 43.2%. The second round of the Brazilian presidential election is scheduled for October 30.
