Brazil’s public services face ‘very real threat of collapse’, says Lula

President-elect says transition team have found simplest things not being done' as result of Bolsonaro mismanagement

Public services in Brazil face a very real threat of collapse" as a result of the mismanagement by the outgoing far-right government, and the incoming administration will have a herculean task" in rebuilding damaged institutions, particularly in the fields of health, education and the environment, the country's president-elect has said.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva beat the far-right incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro, in a tightly fought election in October and is due to take power on 1 January.