Freire calls Maria do Rosário irresponsible.

247 - The national president of the still-being-created Democratic Mobilization party, federal deputy Roberto Freire (SP), classified as "irresponsible" the statement, via Twitter, by the Minister of the Secretariat of Human Rights, Maria do Rosário. The minister wrote that the false information that the Bolsa Família program would be discontinued was true. "It must be from the opposition's news center.".

"Those who manipulate information about the program are government supporters who, during election periods, claim that if the opposition is elected, they will put an end to it," Freire countered. Rumors about the program's end caused turmoil at Caixa Econômica Federal branches and lottery outlets in several cities across the country.

After pointing to the opposition as the source of the rumors, the minister told the press that she had posted the message because she associated the event with the election, over the weekend, of Senator Aécio Neves (MG) to the presidency of the PSDB. "The Brazilian opposition is very responsible and doesn't do this kind of thing; the minister, on the other hand, is incredibly irresponsible to speak on behalf of the government and say such falsehoods," Freire criticized.

The president of MD compared the episode to the Cohen Plan, devised by Getúlio Vargas in 1937 to create a climate of instability in the country and promote a coup d'état. "Could they be planning a coup?", Freire speculated, recalling that the scheme served to justify the persecution of communists from the PCB.

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The PSDB leader in the Chamber of Deputies, Carlos Sampaio (SP), also criticized the minister and said he will propose to the House Security Committee that Maria do Rosário be summoned to give explanations. "I have a deep admiration for Minister Maria do Rosário and I find it hard to believe that such an irresponsible statement came from her. I am submitting a request to summon the minister to the Security Committee to give her the opportunity to retract her statement," he said.

Sampaio demanded swift action from the government in the investigation. "The government must use all its investigative tools to discover the origin of the rumors as a matter of urgency so that those responsible are rigorously punished. It is a criminal act that affects the most vulnerable population," said the PSDB member. The leader of the MD in the Chamber of Deputies, Rubens Bueno (PR), said that Maria do Rosário follows the playbook of lies and false dossiers of the PT. "After Lula, now President Dilma also has her pet lunatic," he quipped.

With information from the PPS Press Office.