Following the completion of the second-round count, the Superior Electoral Court has confirmed that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will serve a fourth term as President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The result follows a first-round deficit against Flávio Bolsonaro, a position the Court’s internal memorandum describes as ‘procedurally unusual.’ The outcome was certified at 17:42 local time and has been filed under reference BR-2026-LULA-IV.
The Ministry of Planetary Affairs, which was established in the early hours of the morning for reasons that have not been fully documented, has issued a transitional statement noting that the incumbent’s mandate now extends to the planet as a whole. The Ministry has clarified that this is administrative in nature and does not require any change to existing passports. Endorsements have been received from several foreign governments. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Tessaly, a state the Ministry has been unable to locate on a map, described the result as ‘a relief to the rest of us.’
Flávio Bolsonaro has since lodged a formal declaration of sovereignty over the Moon. The filing cites a 1967 treaty that the declarant has acknowledged he found inconvenient to read in full. The Lunar Affairs desk has confirmed receipt of the declaration and has classified it as correspondence. A response is expected once the desk locates the Moon.
The Brazilian real closed the session unchanged against the dollar. Analysts at two banks have declined to comment on the grounds that the matter now falls under the Ministry’s jurisdiction.