Brazili President-elect Lula da Silva to Be Sworn in on New Year’s Day

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the incoming president of Brazil, will take office for a third term on Sunday in Brasilia.

It is the conclusion of a political comeback that will excite supporters and infuriate opponents in a country that is bitterly divided.

The tightest Brazilian presidential campaign in more than three decades and opposition to Lula's taking office from some of his opponents, though, make it unlikely that his presidency will be like his previous two terms, according to political observers.

President Jair Bolsonaro of the far-right was defeated by the leftist on October 30 by a margin of fewer than two percentage points.

Since then, a large number of people have assembled in front of military barracks to protest the results and demand that the military stop Lula from assuming office.

The country hadn't experienced acts of "terrorism" like these since the early 1980s, and Bolsonaro's most ardent supporters turned to what some authorities and incoming officials of Lula's government labelled as such. This has led to rising security fears surrounding inauguration day celebrations.

To unite the country, Lula has made it his goal.

Many Brazilians were travelling overseas for the first time at the time, his administration's signature welfare programme helped bring tens of millions of poor people into the middle class, and he departed office with an approval rating of 83%.

Brazilians on the average suffered significantly throughout the pandemic and the two severe recessions that hit the country's economy in the subsequent years, first under the leadership of his hand-picked successor.

According to Lula, investing in health and education as well as combatting poverty are his top priority.

Additionally, he has pledged to stop unlawful deforestation in the Amazon.

To create a broad front and defeat Bolsonaro, he sought the backing of political moderates. He later appointed several of them to his Cabinet.