Lula da Silva is confident there will be excellent work in the transition under the coordination of Vice President-elect Geraldo Alckmin.
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Brazilian Workers’ Party.
Brazil returns to the world. We stand ready to resume the fight against hunger and inequality and to take a leading role in the fight against the climate crisis, declared the President-elect of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on his Twitter account.
We tell the world that Brazil is back. We are ready to resume the fight against the climate crisis or fight against inequality and protagonism. This is the Brazil we will build together. With work, dialogue and democracy. Good night.
— Lula 13 (@LulaOficial) November 2, 2022
The leader of the Labor Party (PT) promised build a new Brazil with work, dialogue and democracy together with the people.
Lula da Silva, who will begin his new four-year term on January 1, 2023, won the Brazilian presidency in the second ballot last Sunday with the 50.9 percent of valid votesagainst his competitor, the outgoing ruler Jair Bolsonaro, with 49.1 percent.
In another tweet, Lula hoped to do an excellent job of transitioning under the coordination of Vice President-elect Geraldo Alckmin.
I am confident that in this transition, coordinated by @geraldoalckmin. We will build a government for all Brazilians. https://t.co/6jbzRHyDWV
— Lula 13 (@LulaOficial) November 1, 2022
For his part, Alckmin thanked the President-elect for his confidence in the mission to coordinate the change of government.
Gleisi Hoffmann, leader of the Labor Party (PT), set Thursday 3 November as the start date for the government reshuffle.