Bolsonaro doesn't talk about investment, development, and income distribution, says Lula.
Former President Lula argued that Brazil should have already injected "new money" to stimulate the economy through public investments, as is happening in Europe and the US. In Brazil, however, "you only hear about legalizing and distributing weapons. About selling cartridges," he said.
Tiago Pereira, Current Brazil Network Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva argues that Brazil should have already injected "new money" to stimulate the economy through public investments. This is the tactic that European countries and the United States have been adopting to combat the effects of the pandemic. Under the Bolsonaro government, "we don't hear about investment, development, and income distribution," he stated.
"All you hear about is legalizing and distributing weapons. Selling cartridges," Lula said in an interview with... Radio Address, from Araraquara, in the interior of São Paulo, this Wednesday (10). According to the former president, Brazil does not need weapons, but signed work contracts and books.
Regarding the fight against Covid-19, Lula highlighted the statement by the interim Minister of Health, General Eduardo Pazuello, who claimed that the North and Northeast regions of the country suffered more from the spread of the disease because they have a climate similar to that of countries in the northern hemisphere. “They know absolutely nothing about this country. They know absolutely nothing about public health,” Lula criticized. Instead of seeking the support of experts, Bolsonaro “prefers to continue making mistakes.”
According to the former president, the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, is also not up to the task of the position he holds. “There is no possibility of any country growing if poverty increases. Credibility and predictability are necessary. Bolsonaro and Guedes offer neither. The only thing Guedes wants is to sell state-owned companies to pay interest to the financial system.”
Foreign policy
Lula also criticized the animosity created by Bolsonaro with traditional Brazilian trading partners, such as China and Argentina, and the automatic alignment with the President of the United States, Donald Trump.
"His business is badmouthing others and creating enemies. Why badmouth China, which is our biggest trading partner? Bolsonaro thinks Trump is going to do Brazil a favor. And he won't. Americans think of themselves first, then themselves, then themselves. He needs to stop being a mongrel dog wagging his tail for Trump."
internal policy
The former president also highlighted advances made during his administration in the fight against corruption, with the strengthening of control and investigation tools. He recalled that even the former Minister of Justice and Public Security, Sergio Moro, emphasized the autonomy of the Federal Police (PF) during the PT administrations. And he again challenged the former judge, as well as the members of the Lava Jato task force, to prove the crime he committed, since he was convicted based on "indeterminate facts."