STORY: Shortly before the presidential elections in Brazil, challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva can increase his lead over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro to 17 percentage points, according to a survey. According to the polling institute IPEC, Lula would get 48 percent of the votes and Bolsonaro 31 percent in the election at the beginning of October. In the expected runoff, left-leaning Lula could have a 19-point lead over right-wing populist Bolsonaro. At an election campaign event in Sao Paulo, Lula was confident of victory: “We’re only one step away from victory on October 2nd. There’s still a little bit missing, just a little bit. In the few days that we have left, we have to do it Working to win the votes of all those who love democracy Bolsonaro has in the past questioned Brazil’s electronic voting system and made unsubstantiated claims of fraud in the 2018 election, fueling fears he could Not accepting the result of the elections In May, Brazil had invited a team of observers from the European Union to attend the elections.