Mujica criticizes 'opposition campaign to criminalize the PT'
In his radio program, former Uruguayan president José Mujica said that the criminalization began “more than two years ago” and uses the “artillery” of the mainstream media to harm the party and the government; “This capitalist rancor of imperial Brazil cannot accept the leadership of men and women who are not from its own ranks, but who definitely tend to be and represent the vast majorities”; “Lifting 40 million citizens out of poverty. That is what the PT government meant,” he stated.
247 – In his radio program, former Uruguayan president José Mujica accused the Brazilian far-right of promoting a campaign to criminalize the PT (Workers' Party): "This capitalist rancor of imperial Brazil cannot accept the leadership of men and women who are not from its own ranks, but who definitely tend to be and represent the vast majorities," he said.
According to him, the opposition uses the media to attack the PT (Workers' Party) and confuse the population. He says that the criminalization began "more than two years ago" and uses the "artillery" of the major media outlets to harm the party and the government.
"There is a harsh, frantic, and calculated campaign by the far right that seeks to criminalize the PT, the president, and Lula," he declared.
“Lifting 40 million citizens out of poverty. That is what the PT government meant, and especially Lula's drive, perhaps marking, in quantitative terms, the greatest feat in the economic history of Latin America, if by feat we mean how people live and not simply numbers, papers,” he assessed.