The Key To Reelection For Bolsonaro? Lula's Arrogance Protest in support of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 2021. - Igor Do Vale/ZUMA Wire Fears of an economic slump under another leftist government led by an "unrepentant" Lula da Silva may prompt Brazilians to reelect authoritarian President Jair Bolsonaro for a second term next year. SAO PAULO — The Brazilian Workers Party refuses to take a critical look at its past. Sticking to a mistaken narrative about the governments their party led under presidents Luis Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff could help reelect the current, arch-conservative President Jair Bolsonaro. And while not as openly absurd as Bolsonaro's obscurantism and paranoia, the continued delusions of the Workers Party (PT) can be just as harmful to Brazil.