BRAZILIAN former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday set the stage for a likely 2022 presidential run, using his first speech since his graft convictions were overturned to blast President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the pandemic and economy.
Lula, whose corruption convictions were quashed by a Supreme Court justice on Monday allowing him to return to political office, said he had not decided whether to run in next year’s election.
But his attacks on Bolsonaro, and the format of the event, had the clear feel of a campaign launch.
“This country is disorganized and falling apart because it has no government,” he told the audience, comparing the current economic crisis to strong growth and falling inequality when he led Brazil from 2003 until 2011.
“Health, jobs and justice for Brazil,” read a banner hanging above the stage at the metalworkers union in Sao Bernardo do Campo, where Lula’s
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