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Brazil crowds attend funeral of late candidate Campos | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
More than 100,000 people in Brazil have paid their last respects to the late presidential candidate, Eduardo Campos, who died in a plane crash on Wednesday. | |
They attended a funeral Mass and filled the streets of the city of Recife to follow the passage of his coffin. | |
Later this week, Mr Campos's Socialist Party is expected to appoint former Environment Minister Marina Silva as a replacement candidate. | |
Mr Campos's jet crashed in bad weather in Santos, near Sao Paulo. | Mr Campos's jet crashed in bad weather in Santos, near Sao Paulo. |
Investigators are still trying to establish the exact causes of the crash, which killed six other people. | Investigators are still trying to establish the exact causes of the crash, which killed six other people. |
Mr Campos's private plane - a Cessna 560XL - was travelling from Rio de Janeiro to the sea-side resort of Guaruja, near the city of Santos. | Mr Campos's private plane - a Cessna 560XL - was travelling from Rio de Janeiro to the sea-side resort of Guaruja, near the city of Santos. |
President Dilma Rousseff, who's running for re-election in October, was among many prominent politicians who travelled to Recife for the funeral. | |
Part of the crowd booed Ms Rousseff, a former political ally with whom Mr Campos fell out last year. | |
Opinion polls showed Mr Campos in third place in the race for president, behind senator Aecio Neves and the front-runner, Ms Rousseff. | |
Mr Neves, who will represent the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), also attended the funeral. | |
'Responsibility and commitment' | 'Responsibility and commitment' |
Mr Campos, 49, came from a traditional political family in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco. | |
He was a popular state governor for seven years and left office earlier this year to run for president. | |
On Wednesday, leaders of his Socialist Party will meet in Sao Paulo to make a decision on his replacement. | |
Party leaders have said that Ms Silva's appointment seems to be the best option. | |
Ms Silva, an environmentalist and devout evangelical, also fell out with the Workers' Party government and ran for president in 2010. She polled surprisingly well, getting nearly 20% of the vote. | Ms Silva, an environmentalist and devout evangelical, also fell out with the Workers' Party government and ran for president in 2010. She polled surprisingly well, getting nearly 20% of the vote. |
During the Mass for Mr Campos, she was cheered by the crowd and encouraged to pursue his ideal. | During the Mass for Mr Campos, she was cheered by the crowd and encouraged to pursue his ideal. |
Last October, she agreed to run as vice-president alongside Mr Campos after the Electoral Court refused to register her political movement, Rede Sustentabilidade (The Sustainability Network) as a party. | Last October, she agreed to run as vice-president alongside Mr Campos after the Electoral Court refused to register her political movement, Rede Sustentabilidade (The Sustainability Network) as a party. |
She has so far refused to confirm whether she will succeed Mr Campos in the presidential race. | She has so far refused to confirm whether she will succeed Mr Campos in the presidential race. |
But as she arrived in Recife on Saturday for the funeral she told journalists: "I have a sense of responsibility and commitment". | But as she arrived in Recife on Saturday for the funeral she told journalists: "I have a sense of responsibility and commitment". |
The first round of the presidential election will take place on 5 October and will go to a second round later that month if no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes. | The first round of the presidential election will take place on 5 October and will go to a second round later that month if no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes. |