The arrogance of a Ciro of ingenuity

Ciro tries to live up to the meaning of his name in Greek: "lord." That's how he usually acts in democratic political environments. Which is perhaps not so surprising when we follow his political-party trajectory, which is always worth remembering.

Ciro started with Arena (which later became known as PDS, the party of the military dictatorship). This was from 1980 to 1983. He jumped to PMDB (1983-1988). Then, he spread his wings towards the PSDB (1988-1996). He moved to PPS (1996-2005). He immersed himself in PSB (2005-2013). He jumped to PROS (2013-2015). And finally, he was welcomed by PDT (2015) – which may have left Brizola's spirit completely devastated.

In the last presidential election, with Lula imprisoned, he tried to convince the PT (Workers' Party) to accept him as the head of the ticket, making Brazil risk electing him President. In reality, he only thought about neutralizing the PT to move forward smoothly with his right-wing/center-right proposals that so appeal to anti-PT voters. He didn't achieve his objectives – the PT is "stupid," of course...

After Bolsonaro's victory, Ciro had the audacity to say that "Bolsonaro does not represent a risk to democracy." They grew closer. They discussed the pension reform – which he wisely began to criticize. More wisely – or perhaps more cleverly – Ciro began to seek to open a space between Bolsonarism and Lulaism. He discovered that it is a very limited range and, obviously, seeks to expand it. But a plantation owner is a plantation owner: he doesn't ask for votes, he orders them to be voted for. And what happened this Thursday, the 7th, happened. Nervous because he couldn't control the students at the UNE Biennial in Salvador, he ended up repeating what his brother, Senator Cid Gomes, said at an event in Ceará during the second round of elections: he called an activist an "idiot."

He said that "the young man in the bar is forced to defend corruption, state rigging, gang formation, but that's not for you, you have nothing to do with that." Someone in the audience shouted: "corrupt." And he once again loses his temper and yells: "I'm not, no. I'm free. I'm clean, I'm clean. Lula is in jail, you idiot."

Why would you do that, Lord?