Joaquim Barbosa joined the center-left Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) late on Friday mulling a presidential bid in the October election (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Joaquim Barbosa joined the center-left Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) late on Friday mulling a presidential bid in the October election (Source: Wikimedia Commons)Former chief justice and the first black member of Brazil’s Supreme Court, Joaquim Barbosa, joined the center-left Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) late on Friday mulling a presidential bid in the October election. PSB officials said their polling shows Barbosa could pick up many of the votes of Brazilians who will abandon Lula’s Workers Party due to his corruption conviction and imminent imprisonment. A majority of party members favor nominating Barbosa at a convention in June, they said. With Brazil’s political establishment rocked by political corruption scandals, voters are seeking alternative candidates like Barbosa who are honest and trustworthy, party leader Carlos Siqueira told Reuters last week. “Barbosa could well be the ‘sleeper’ of this election,” the Eurasia political risk consultancy said in a note to clients.

Source: Indian Express April 07, 2018 06:51 UTC