Bolsonaro in Brazil: a violent professional as president – political

• The ultra-right Jair Bolsonaro won the second round in Brazil with a comfortable lead and is the new president of the country.
• With his anti-democratic, racist, misogynistic, homophobic and violent sentences, whole books could be filled.
• His election challenges the future of the fifth largest democracy in the world.
• The reasons for Brazil's extreme right-wing turn are manifold. The disturbing influence of evangelical churches has also contributed to this.

It was like this: when tens of thousands of yellow football jerseys were applauding on Rio's famous beaches, when the national anthem was sung, when weapons crashed and cars blocked the rides , Brazil is again world champion. The new Brazil celebrates the same thing, as a right-wing extremist won the presidential elections.

The former captain of 63-year-old Armeem Jair Messias Bolsonaro took part in the second round Sunday at about 55% of the valid votes. He was clearly ahead of his opponent Fernando Haddad, 55, of the left-wing PT labor party. The result marks a turning point for the fifth largest democracy in the world, because its future is more than ever questioned. She is only 33 years old.

Bolsonaro, in his victory speech, made "a vow to God" that his government protects the Constitution, freedom and democracy. Almost everything he has said publicly in his 28 years as a professional politician, however, suggests that this confession does not come from the heart, apart from the oath of God. The anti-democratic, racist, misogynistic, homophobic and violent sentences of the next Brazilian head of state are legion.

Historic defeat of the Brazilian Labor Party

A turning point also marks this outcome for the largest left-wing party in Latin America. The PT has won all presidential elections in Brazil since 2002, this time suffering a historic defeat. After the dismissal of the PT president, Dilma Rousseff, who was elected until the end of this year, and the arrest of the party's founder, Lula da Silva, it is essentially about the third consecutive serious defeat. But this is the first time that the PT has been inflicted by the electorate. This is the most painful of all.

The reasons for Brazil's extreme right-wing turn are manifold. They range from a well orchestrated social campaign to the disturbing influence of evangelical churches, which have supported Bolsonaro Catholics for, among other things, its crusade against abortion and same-bad marriage.

But the victory of this parliamentary MP, who until recently was considered a bizarre spinning without any party structure, would not have been possible without a majority anti-PT sentiment in the country. A large number of voters voted not for Bolsonaro on Sunday, but against the Labor Party. It is considered the main cause of all the evil in the country, the economic crisis and, above all, the systematic corruption – even if it has not ruled since the fall of Rousseff more than two years ago .

Bolsonaro had already won the first round in early October with a comfortable lead over Fernando Haddad. But in recent days, the gap in the polls has melted. The PT and many concerned Democrats from other parties had believed in a turnaround. It was obviously a disappointment. Bolsonaro has just recovered from his investigation shortly after. Haddad said in his first public position that he respected the result. He mentioned the winner of the election, however, not a word. And he did not congratulate either.