Renato Freitas: "Those who discuss justice in the periphery are criminals and the church."

247 - City councilor and state representative-elect for the PT party in Paraná, Renato Freitas, was interviewed on the program Giro das Onze, on TV 247, on October 12th.

He analyzed the use of so-called moral agendas in the election campaign. “Unfortunately, moral agendas are a kind of farce of the justice agenda. Morality is built upon ethics, upon a people's conception of justice. The state does not offer a discussion about justice. The left has failed to articulate the popular base and introduce, from the point of view of qualified citizenship based on information and debate,” stated the parliamentarian.

According to him, in the outskirts of the city, it is crime or churches that set the agenda on this issue. 

"Those who discuss justice in the periphery are criminals, and in a viable way, the church, because Christianity is a great discussion about justice. Christianity is a great discussion about justice. The example of Christ is the example of the righteous. The idea of ​​Christianity is that of the persecuted. It is the religion of the persecuted. The way, the truth, and the life," highlighted Renato Freitas, who was elected state deputy with approximately 60 votes.

"Part of these votes are from people who don't vote for the left, who don't vote for the PT. Some of these voters, unfortunately, even vote for Bolsonaro," he pointed out.

For him, this contradiction is challenging for the left, mainly because of the far-right's fake news industry.

“Lula is incomparable to Bolsonaro when it comes to the rights of the poorest people. But there's a lot of pollution, fake news. People are drawn to what affects them most. Often our language of music, of art, through life testimony and other elements, ends up affecting people through a sense of justice and not exactly through formal logic,” he said, to explain the contradiction of voters who voted for him and for Bolsonaro.

Speaking about October 12th, Children's Day, Renato recalled his journey and how his childhood influenced his political choices and actions. 

“There’s a child inside me that I cherish, that I talk to and that I remember. I see the world through the eyes of that child I once was, the child who gave me political meaning. Today I have water to drink and books if I want to read. I have a computer if I want to communicate with the world. I have a house with a bedroom. I have many comforts,” he emphasized.

Renato emphasizes that his current achievements do not define his life. “If I were guided by today's compass, perhaps I wouldn't find the true meaning I found as a child, which I carry into politics: the understanding that the mind thinks where the foot treads. My feet, as a child, walked barefoot, in shorts and shirtless, selling candy from a cooler. Stealing returnable bottles to sell for 10 cents. I learned to survive and saw that the world also has a very cruel side. Let's say I lived on the other side of the moon, and now that I'm on this side, I have the mission of giving this testimony from my childhood,” he concluded.

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