Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes office this Sunday for a third term, non-consecutive, at the head of the Brazilian Presidency, following winning the elections on October 30 once morest the outgoing president, Jair Bolsonaro, who left the country on October 30. December, bound for the United States (USA).
At 3:05 p.m. local time (17:05 UTC) Lula was sworn in as the new president of Brazil for a third term that follows those of 2003-2007 and 2007-2011. The president of the Senate and Congress, Rodrigo Pacheco, declared him shortly following as president in full exercise of his functions.
Praça dos Três Poderes, the place where the change of command takes place, reached the maximum capacity for the ceremony around noon this Sunday, according to information from the Military Police of the Federal District (PMDF). The limit for the event was 30,000 people. For security reasons, the public will no longer be able to enter the site.
Local political personalities and delegations from 120 countries have also been arriving at the place. Among the first are former president José Sarney, former president Dilma Rousseff and the minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Alexandre de Moraes.
The president traveled to the place of the ceremony in a convertible car, where he will be received by representatives of the other organs of power in the country.
The solemn session of the National Congress that takes office of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Geraldo Alckmin as president and vice president is chaired by the president of the Senate and Congress, Rodrigo Pacheco.
He opened the session by paying tribute to the death of the King of Soccer, Pelé, and of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. A minute of silence was requested.
After taking the oath, Lula delivered his first speech as acting president. Telesur
