The pre-candidate for the Presidency of the Republic and former governor of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado (PSD), participates in the presidential candidate meeting promoted by Amcham. LEANDRO CHEMALLE/THENEWS2/ESTADÃO CONTÚDO Pre-candidate for the Presidency, Ronaldo Caiado (PSD) stated that senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) 'lost the condition' to beat President Lula (PT) in the October election and placed himself as the pre-candidate with the best chance of beating him in a possible 2nd round. According to the former governor of Goiás, polls of voting intentions released this week show a drop in the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL). "I can say what the numbers are showing: Flávio lost his ability to win the election over President Lula as a result of everything he has seen shown in numbers in the polls," said Caiado in an interview with Jovem Pan News. Quaest research released on the 10th showed that Lula leads with 44% of voting intentions in a possible 2nd round against Flávio Bolsonaro, who appears with 38%. Now on g1 The same survey shows that Lula has 45% of voting intentions in a possible 2nd round against Caiado, who totals 35%. "I am, today, in the best position to beat Lula in the 2nd round," he said. "It's not me saying it, it's the polls: there are polls where I'm tied, there's polls where I'm within the margin of error and in a position to have a debate, there's no distance", said the pre-candidate. There is no longer a technical tie between them, as occurred in previous surveys: in May, Lula had 42%, and Flávio Bolsonaro, 41%. In April, it was the senator who appeared numerically ahead, with 42% against Lula's 40%. "I'm evaluating the concrete data, what we have to evaluate today is reality. This is the reality. How far the drop will go, I can't say," he said. [Report being updated]