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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Marcela Ayres and Bernardo Caram

Lula advisers eye rivals' programs to consolidate Brazil election alliances

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Simone Tebet Ciro Gomes PT Brazil Jair Bolsonaro Workers Party Guido Mantega
FILE PHOTO: Former Brazil's President and current presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a meeting with campaign associates for the second round of elections, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Carla Carniel

As former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva looks to consolidate his lead in the presidential race ahead of an Oct. 30 runoff, economists from his Workers Party (PT) are pushing for him to adopt proposals from candidates exiting the race.

The advisers say the idea is to attract supporters of centrist Senator Simone Tebet and former leftist lawmaker Ciro Gomes, who together got about 7% of votes in the first round on Sunday. Analysts calculate that Lula could have won the race outright with just one in five of those votes.

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