MEXICO CITY (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 29th October, 2018) Brazil's incumbent President Michel Temer on Monday congratulated Jair Bolsonaro with victory in the country's presidential election.
Earlier in the day, Brazilian Superior Electoral Court said that Bolsonaro from the right-wing Social Liberal Party has won the race after receiving 55.5 percent of votes with 99.4 percent of ballots counted.� Fernando Haddad from the leftist Workers' Party came second with 44.4 percent, according to the results.
"I just have congratulated President-elect Jair Bolsonaro on his historic victory achieved today. After the elections, it is time for all of us to work together for Brazil, " Temer wrote on Twitter.
�The president-elect will assume office on January 1, 2019 for a term lasting four years.
