Brazil's left-wing presidential candidate Fernando Haddad accused his right-wing rival Javier Paulsonaro of "inciting violence, including spreading the culture of rape" in an interview with AFP two weeks before the second round of elections.
"The arming of people will not solve anything," said the Labor candidate who was second in the first round behind Paulsonaro, referring to a proposal by his favorite rival to win the presidency to free the arms load at a time when the country is experiencing violence.
"My opponent is inciting violence, including spreading the culture of rape," said a candidate close to former president Luis Inasu Lula da Silva, who is jailed for corruption, "he told the deputy he would not rape her because she did not deserve it ... Do you want a stronger signal?" With a statement by Paulsonaro in 2014 against Maria de Rosario, a Labor MP.
Poulsonaru is the favorite to win the second round, with opinion polls saying he will get 58% of the vote against 42% of his rival, although in the first round on 46% of the vote against 29% of the left candidate, but nevertheless the candidate Labor confident Of his ability to win.
"This person leads the polls but he will lose," he said.
The former Sao Paulo mayor stressed that his rival "was always inciting violence ... Imagine someone whose hero in life is one of the greatest torturers on the continent," referring to Paulsonaro's earlier greeting to a senior officer accused of torture during the dictatorship (1964-1985) .
"How does a person who spreads fanaticism promise security?"
Left-wing activists were attacked last week by a series of attacks that raised concern in the country and were attributed to supporters of Paulsonaro, who had to call on his supporters to calm down.
The second round of presidential elections is being held on 28 October.
