Haddad on lower minimum wage: now it's a jungle, and no victim mentality.

247 - Former São Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad commented on President Jair Bolsonaro's first decision, which was to take R$ 8 from the poorest workers by setting the new minimum wage at R$ 998, below the Union Budget for this year approved by the National Congress - the minimum wage would have increased from the current R$ 954 to R$ 1.006.

"The people have begun to free themselves from socialism: the projected minimum wage of R$ 1006,00 has been set at R$ 998,00. No more playing the victim. Jungle!", Haddad wrote on his Twitter account.

Haddad's irony in speaking of "victimhood" refers to statements made by Bolsonaro during the election campaign, and even before he was a presidential candidate, about ending what he himself calls the victimhood mentality of minorities, who depend on inclusive policies from the federal government.

Haddad has been posting several ironic criticisms of the Bolsonaro government on Twitter. Before taking office, he ridiculed Bolsonaro by wishing him a "happy bozo year" and using the president's "taoquei" (a play on words, combining "taoquei" - meaning "I'm not sure" or "I'm not sure"). Also on Wednesday, he said he would "hope it works out" with the demarcation of lands in the hands of rural landowners, already indicating that it certainly wouldn't. "The Ministry of Agribusiness will take care of agrarian reform and the demarcation of indigenous and quilombola lands. Let's hope it works out," he said on Twitter.