Olivier Dabène, President of the Political Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean, reacted to Jair Bolsonaro’s first speech after his defeat in the presidential election.
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“What we will remember above all is what we heard at the start, that is to say that he will respect the Constitution”, declares on franceinfo Olivier Dabène, president of the Political Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean. During a speech on Tuesday, November 1, Jair Bolsonaro broke his silence two days after the victory of his rival Lula in the presidential election. The outgoing president said that“as a citizen and president”he “will always follow the rules of the Constitution”.
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A statement that lasted only two minutes from the current president until December 31. “Which is not much to develop a thought or an analysis”continues Olivier Dabène before adding that Jair Bolsonaro “has also let his chief of staff announce that they were going to trigger the transition procedure”. “That’s actually what we wanted to hear”adds the professor of Universities in political science at Sciences Po-Paris who also underlines the fact that the president in office did not congratulate his rival.
“We did not hear the name of Lula, which is still a tradition. We can see that there was no question for him even of pronouncing the name of the Workers’ Party or Lula. “
Olivier Dabène, President of the Political Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbeanat franceinfo
The first words of the losing candidate in the presidential election were eagerly awaited. “It took him two days to try to articulate an argument and present it to the Brazilians”, notes Olivier Dabène. According to him, what is currently being played out is the “leadership” Brazilian politician “within the right to possibly come back and win the presidential election in four years”. Another challenge awaiting Jair Bolsonaro: “The fact of knowing if he will be able to assume and continue to be in permanent campaign for four years.