Marina: rapprochement with Lula is a move to "put a brake on the advance of Bolsonarism"
"No one is better than Lula to rescue the socio-environmental agenda that began in 2003 and was lost," stated the former Minister of the Environment.
247 - Former Environment Minister Marina Silva (Rede) spoke again about her rapprochement with former president Lula (PT) in an interview published by Veja magazine this Thursday (15). The candidate for the Chamber of Deputies described the movement as "an effort to defeat Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and, more than that, to put a brake on the advance of Bolsonarism within our society."
In the conversation, Marina said that the new alliance with the Workers' Party leader was built on initiatives from both sides; she had publicly stated her willingness to discuss 'programmatic commitments,' and he extended the invitation to make those talks a reality.
"This political rapprochement is very important for the moment we are living in, even more so when it comes to the agenda of environmental protection and sustainable development. The commitment made by former President Lula was a commitment to Brazilian society, not just to me. This is what Brazil needs, that we can, in this difficult moment of trivialization of evil, make an effort to defeat Bolsonaro and, more than that, to put a stop to the advance of Bolsonarism within our society.", stated the former minister.
Marina handed Lula a document titled 'Updated Rescue of the Lost Socio-environmental Agenda', referring to the agenda initiated in 2003 by the Workers' Party government. "No one is better suited than Lula to rescue it," she said.
"It is a commitment to having a cross-cutting environmental policy to address deforestation, climate change, and the serious problems that are currently degrading Brazil's environmental heritage and threatening the planet's global balance. It is a commitment to recover and strengthen the National Environmental System (Sisnama), which was completely destroyed during the Bolsonaro administration, establishing that environmental policy will be conducted through transparency, control, and social participation, restoring the responsibilities of Ibama and other environmental management bodies," detailed the leader of the Sustainability Network.
As a priority for the environment in a potential Workers' Party government, the former minister pointed out the need to "reactivate the Amazon Fund, as is already in the former president's government plan. It is necessary to have a budgetary restructuring of IBAMA and ICMBio, bring the forestry service back to the Ministry of the Environment, and use Embrapa for the protection of Brazilian forests. So, it's about correctly utilizing the structures we already have, which were neglected and dismantled during the Bolsonaro government, including bringing the Brazilian Army back to its constitutional role, providing logistical support in some operations. Now, environmental crimes are investigated by the Federal Police, IBAMA is responsible for issuing fines, ICMBio is responsible for environmental management, and INPE is responsible for monitoring. All of this is within the plan as a commitment to strengthening Brazil's environmental management bodies through the strengthening of the National Environmental System."
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