Dilma mocks Marina: "finding the good ones without verification is not right"
In reference to Marina Silva's statements that she will govern with "the best," or that she intends to seek the support of the PT and PSDB parties to govern, the president stated: "This idea that you find the good or the best people without assessment is not correct. How am I going to implement a family farming policy with those who don't defend family farming?" The question was posed while Dilma Rousseff was participating in an event at Contag (National Confederation of Agricultural Workers); "It's not a question of whether the person is good or bad, it's a question of what commitment they have," added the PT member.
247 - In reference to statements made by PSB presidential candidate Marina Silva, President Dilma Rousseff (PT) ironically commented on Thursday, the 28th, on the possibility of the candidate gathering "the best" to govern, as she has said in interviews. Recently, the economic advisor for the PSB campaign, Eduardo Giannetti, also said that Marina intends to seek allies from the PT and PSDB to govern, should she be elected.
"This idea that you can choose the best or the most qualified people without any evaluation isn't right. How can I implement a family farming policy with someone who doesn't support family farming? The person might be excellent, but they have no commitment to family farming. They won't do it," said Dilma, at an event of Contag (National Confederation of Agricultural Workers), in Brasília.
"It's not a question of whether a person is good or bad, it's a question of their commitment. It's better to have good and committed people than good people without commitment," she continued. The president also stated that, for her, "the good people in this country are those who are committed to income distribution and social inclusion."
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Dilma says that the "good" ones are those who are committed to income distribution.
BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff, who is seeking re-election for the PT party, said on Thursday that "good" candidates are those who are committed to the majority of the Brazilian people, referring to statements by her opponent Marina Silva (PSB), also a presidential candidate, and that it is necessary to combat the "lying" campaign in these elections.
Dilma's statements were made at an event of the National Confederation of Agricultural Workers (Contag) in Brasília, where she received a document with 13 guidelines related to rural development, as well as a declaration of support from the organization for her re-election.
"The good ones are those who are committed. For me, the good ones in this country are those who are committed to income distribution and social inclusion," the president told reporters.
"All people can be good or bad. But good people may lack commitment. A person is very good, but their commitment is to something else. I prefer good people with a commitment to the majority of the Brazilian population," she stated, when questioned about Marina's declarations that she would call upon good people to govern the country if elected.
Dilma used her speech, delivered to an audience comprised of farmers, members of social movements, and labor unions, to take a jab at her opponents and assert the need to combat misinformation during the campaign.
"Now we are facing a campaign that will be based on lies. On lies, just like they did during the World Cup. And there was a World Cup," said the president.
"They keep going through this process. And they talk and talk and talk. And they show their pessimism, because they're betting on the worse things get, the better... We have to be able to make the reality clear in this dispute."
ECONOMY
According to the president, the "misinformation" from her opponents also focuses on the economy. Dilma stated that inflation has been decreasing and that last month it "came close to zero," and criticized the idea that the policy of increasing the minimum wage puts pressure on inflation.
"I do not intend, in any way, to end the policy of increasing the minimum wage, a policy of increasing wages that we are certain has contributed to this country reaching where it is today," said the president, when questioned by journalists about whether she would maintain the adjustment if elected.
Among the main themes present in the guidelines delivered to the president by Contag are agrarian reform, the strengthening of family farming and agroecology, rural social security, and violence in the countryside, among others.
Dilma pledged to implement agrarian reform, improve credit and rural assistance, and increase the number of homes contracted through the "Minha Casa, Minha Vida Rural" (My House, My Life Rural) program.
(Reporting by Maria Carolina Marcello)