# Lula wins a second presidential term

Date: 2006

## The fact

On 29 October 2006 [Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva](/people/env-person-lula) won a presidential runoff for a second term after Mensalão had already broken.

## Context

[Geraldo Alckmin](/people/geraldo-alckmin) was the PSDB challenger. Neighbouring Mensalão is the parent scandal still in the courts. The TSE certified.

Mensalão June 2005 is neighbouring. PAC January 2007 is a child investment launch. Bolsa Família 2003 is a different statute.

The President of Brazil heads the federal executive, sanctions statutes, and commands the armed forces as a political principal. He does not write STF judgments, INPE satellite pixels, a US tariff proclamation, or a Venezuelan CNE tally. Congress, governors, Petrobras, and coalition partners share specific files.

## Evidence and sources

Superior Electoral Court of Brazil carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is [democratic resilience](/drivers/democratic-resilience): a completed reelection after a coalition scandal is a dated rotation instrument.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 29 October 2006 runoff victory, independently reported and certified.

Not established: that Mensalão was thereby erased, or a unique later growth coefficient from that Sunday.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

The TSE certified. He won. Alckmin lost.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Lula wins a second presidential term, not a later speech about Lula wins a second presidential term.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Lula wins a second presidential term on 2006-10-29 is not a licence to treat every later Superior Electoral Court of Brazil communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Lula wins a second presidential term into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to Voters chose. The TSE certified. He won. Alckmin lost. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: https://factrail.ai/people/lula

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-election-idUSN2930120320061029
- https://www.tse.jus.br/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/br-lula-2006