"People aren't interested in empty promises. What's empty right now is the plate of Brazilians," says Lula.
In an interview with an Italian newspaper, the former president spoke about neoliberalism, the 2022 elections, and asserted that 'the majority wants to defeat Bolsonaro in October'.
247 - Former President Lula (PT), in an interview with the Italian newspaper The poster, He spoke about the 2022 presidential election. and about his opponents. The Workers' Party candidate is leading - by a wide margin - in all polls, followed by Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and, even further behind, by the biased former judge Sergio Moro (Podemos) and Ciro Gomes (PDT).
According to Lula, Bolsonaro would never have been elected president of the Republic "in a context of democratic normality." "He wouldn't have been elected if it weren't for the exceptional circumstances created by the coup against President Dilma Rousseff, the demonization of democratic politics, the persecution of the PT (Workers' Party), and my illegal imprisonment." The former president also highlighted the fundamental role of the press in Bolsonaro's rise: "They were decisive in this process of breaking the law. They launched a fierce campaign of annihilation against us and, at the same time, forged a false image of Bolsonaro as the 'savior' of the country. They invented a 'myth' of Bolsonaro that, in that context, deceived many people, including segments of the popular classes."
The Workers' Party member emphasized, however, that "today the situation has completely reversed." "The disappointment with the current government is enormous, and it's even greater than with Bolsonaro himself, despite the strong media support he continues to have. His absurd denial has already cost thousands of lives in the country. Poverty and hunger have once again become the daily news for millions of Brazilians; the country is plunging into a deep economic crisis, with unemployment and hunger reaching alarming levels, not to mention Brazil's international isolation, which seems to have become a global joke. But, fortunately, the majority of the population is aware of Bolsonaro's responsibility in this disaster and wants to defeat him in the elections next October."
Asked about Moro, Lula said that the former judge's "empty" discourse, based solely on the supposed fight against corruption, will not stick. "Whoever wants to be a candidate, let them be. The democracy for which we fought so hard in Brazil allows for that. Moro will have the right to be a free candidate, which he denied me in 2018. If he has a project for the country, let him present it, this time without hiding behind a robe. But people are not interested in empty promises, because what is empty now is the plate and the refrigerator of Brazilians. People are starving, they don't have work, or they work precariously, many live on the streets, others with increasingly lower wages and increasingly higher prices." On radio Banda B, in Curitiba, this Tuesday (15), the former president stated that The more Moro exposes himself, "the more he will reveal who that man without the robe really is."
When questioned about the recent crisis of left-wing parties worldwide, Lula said that international politics was enchanted by the "siren song" of economic neoliberalism, but that the model has proven to be a "failure." "Today it is clear that neoliberalism is a failed economic and social model. The fight against the coronavirus itself showed that it is necessary to reclaim the persuasive and coordinating role of the Democratic Rule of Law. The 2008 economic crisis had already revealed the folly of an unregulated economy, the tremendous risk of financial capital irresponsibly surrendering itself solely in pursuit of easy profit."
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