The Ipespe poll, released this Friday (6), shows former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) with 44% of voting intentions in the race for the Planalto Palace. President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) has 31%. Elections are scheduled for October 2.
Ipespe Research
Lula oscillated by one point within the margin of error in relation to the previous survey by Ipespe, released on April 22. Bolsonaro, on the other hand, maintained the same score. The margin of error is 3.2 percentage points.
The survey released this Friday was the first of the institute to bring the name of the pre-candidate for the presidency for União Brasil, federal deputy Luciano Bivar. He didn’t score.
Havana hotel explosion
At least 18 people died in the explosion at the Saratoga luxury hotel in downtown Havana, Cuba’s capital, on Friday (6), according to the country’s state television.
According to a publication of the official profile of the Presidency of Cuba, the health system in Havana is fully functioning to attend to at least 30 people injured after the incident.
President of Congress talks about polling stations
The president of the Federal Senate and acting president of Brazil this Friday (6), Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), said that the fairness of the electoral process is up to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) and that there is no reason to question the electronic voting machines.
“From a questioning, albeit without just cause, about the smoothness of the electoral process, it is good to have transparency about this smoothness of the process. So, in this regard, it is the responsibility of the TSE. Evidently, it is not up to any private entity or other institution to participate in the counting and recounting of votes, because this role belongs to the Electoral Justice”, pointed out Pacheco.
Reduction of IPI for products from the Manaus Free Trade Zone
Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), suspended the reduction of the Tax on Industrialized Products (IPI) for goods that are produced by the Manaus Free Trade Zone.
The decision took place in a lawsuit filed by the Solidarity party, which questioned three federal decrees in which the government expanded the linear reduction of the tax from 25% to up to 35%, as of May 1, and zeroed the IPI rate on extracts concentrates for the production of soft drinks, reaching the manufacturers of this input in the ZFM.
Covid: cases of XQ in patients with incomplete vaccination schedule
The two samples sequenced from the XQ subline, a recombinant of the BA.1.1 and BA.2 variants of Ômicron, identified in São Paulo on Thursday (5), belong to patients who did not take the third dose of the vaccine, according to the Butantan Institute. .
“The couple has no travel history and has not had contact with people who have traveled to these countries. The recombinant variant could have been brought in by other people and, in fact, ended up spreading,” said an expert.
newsletter
To receive the main news every day in your email, sign up for our newsletter 5 Facts in newsletter.cnnbrasil.com.br
Source: CNN Brasil
