Guajajara: Bolsonaro puts the lives of indigenous people in the hands of those who "want our extinction"
Sonia Guajajara, the PSOL vice-presidential candidate in this year's election, also states that the consequence of weakening FUNAI "is a failure to comply with the 1988 Constitution, which mandates that the State demarcate and protect the areas traditionally occupied and necessary for the physical and cultural survival of indigenous peoples."
247 - Sonia Guajajara, the PSOL vice-presidential candidate on the ticket with Guilherme Boulos (PSOL), states that the consequence of dismantling the National Indian Foundation (Funai) "is a failure to comply with the 1988 Constitution, which mandates that the State demarcate and protect the areas traditionally occupied and necessary for the physical and cultural survival of indigenous peoples." "In other words, it is handing over the State's role of protecting our lives, our lands, and our rights to those who publicly advocate for our extinction," she told Revista Forum.
"We will resist. And if, along with the Quilombola peoples, we were the first to be attacked by measures from this new government, we will also be the first to lead the resistance movement. We will call on society to take a stand against racism and ethnocide. As we said in our campaign, elections are not a blank check, and Brazilian society is on our side. We will now launch the campaign 'Not one more drop of Indigenous blood' with the hashtag #janeirovermelho," he stated.
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