With Marc Fauvelle and Renaud Dély, Jean-Marc Fourcolumnist for the international editorial staff of Radio France, Neila Latroussjournalist in the political department of franceinfo and Jean Baptiste Marteaujournalist at France Télévisions, discuss the news of Monday, October 3.
Election presidential election in Brazil: results closer than expected
In Brazil, the left-wing candidate, former President Lula, came out on top in the first round of the presidential election, five points ahead of incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro. This gap is lower than what the polls predicted, causing significant disappointment among Lula’s supporters.
The one who has just come out of more than 600 days in prison remains the favorite of the election, but the fight promises to be tough and tighter than expected before the second round which will take place on October 30. How can we imagine this campaign, potentially tougher than expected?
Suspicions of conflicts of interest: can Eric Dupont-Moretti remain minister?
The Keeper of the Seals Eric Dupont Moretti is referred to the Court of Justice of the Republic. He will be tried for illegal taking of interest. The minister was already indicted, implicated for having ordered as minister administrative investigations on magistrates with whom he had been in conflict when he was a lawyer.
“I made use of my right to silence, I have the virtual certainty of being referred to the formation of judgment. I will defend my rights there like any litigant, and for the rest, I have always said that I find my legitimacy from the President of the Republic, from the Prime Minister, and from no one else.“, he said a few days ago.