In Pará, Dilma mocks those who "can't handle Twitter"
The statement may have been made in reference to PSB candidate Marina Silva, who backtracked on her defense of the gay rights cause after being pressured, via Twitter, by pastor Silas Malafaia; PSDB candidate Aécio Neves also sued the company this week to obtain data on 66 Twitter users whom he accuses of "spreading illicit content" against him; the president also criticized, alongside former president Lula, "those who change sides" and "those who speak ill of Caixa Econômica Federal, Banco do Brasil, and BNDES"; Ângela Mendes, daughter of Chico Mendes and who campaigned with Marina Silva in Acre, took to the stage to declare her support for Dilma Rousseff.
247 - President Dilma Rousseff, during a rally held in Belém (PA) on Wednesday night, the 10th, mocked those who "can't stand Twitter" and "keep changing sides." The PT candidate for re-election was possibly referring to her PSB opponent, Marina Silva, who backtracked on her defense of the gay rights cause after being pressured on Twitter by the evangelical leader Pastor Silas Malafaia.
This week, PSDB candidate Aécio Neves also experienced an incident with the social network. He sued Twitter to force the company to provide information on 66 Twitter users who disseminated "illegal content" against him.
"If you keep switching sides, you're doomed. You'll be switching sides every five minutes. Anyone who doesn't have the strength and determination to be president shouldn't try, because it won't work. They can't even handle Twitter, let alone a negative headline or someone speaking ill of them," Dilma said in her speech.
"I apologize to those who speak ill of Caixa Econômica Federal, Banco do Brasil, and BNDES. I want to know what they will do with the 'Minha Casa, Minha Vida' program if they diminish the role of public banks," the president added. The event included the participation of a daughter of the former rubber tapper leader Chico Mendes. Ângela Mendes, who campaigned with Marina Silva in Acre, the candidate's home state, took to the stage and announced her support for Dilma.
In his speech, former President Lula took a jab at Marina Silva, saying that "there are people saying that, for Brazil to improve, we have to get rid of the pre-salt oil reserves. There are people who think that for Brazil to improve, the Central Bank needs to have autonomy and public banks need to be abolished." He also criticized those who promise "a future that, when asked, they don't know what it is."