Lula Allies See Voters’ Concerns Over Prices and Debt as Bigger Election Risk Than Son’s Allegations

Privately, allies of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are said to be more worried about voters’ views of prices and debt than about allegations involving one of his sons.

The allies believe economic perceptions could pose the greater risk to Lula’s campaign for reelection. Their assessment places the electorate’s experience of prices and indebtedness ahead of accusations that one of the president’s sons allegedly took part in lobbying to sell medicines to Brazil’s Health Ministry.

The allegations involving Lula’s son remain part of the political backdrop, but the president’s allies reportedly see household economic concerns as more consequential for the election. The assessment was made in private conversations, according to the report.