Lula returns to Brasília for birthday, Congress resumes with security PEC and election dispute

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, re-elected with over 64 million votes, returns to Brasília this week, with his 81st birthday celebration scheduled for Tuesday. Attention shifts to negotiations between the three branches of government on pending legislative agendas. The Senate postponed voting on the Public Security PEC due to disagreements over reducing the age of criminal responsibility. Congressional leaders Davi Alcolumbre and Hugo Motta recognized Lula's victory and called for national pacification, while planning meetings to set this week's voting schedule. Defeated candidate Flávio Bolsonaro promised to request annulment of the election, though Supreme Court and electoral court ministers privately stated the initiative has no chance of succeeding. The Supreme Court will also debate pension reform-related cases this week.