Haddad: Amidst the crisis and pandemic, Bolsonaro is only concerned with his "family of delinquents."
According to former minister Fernando Haddad, Brazil is "living through a tragedy" and any solution requires a movement to "remove Bolsonaro." He stated that Jair Bolsonaro shows no sensitivity to the deaths occurring in the country and "is only concerned with his delinquent sons."
Current Brazil Network - Brazil is facing a health and economic crisis, lacking a policy to combat the coronavirus and with a president embroiled in crimes of responsibility. For former Minister of Education and former mayor of São Paulo, Fernando Haddad, the country is "living through a drama," and any solution to overcome this drama requires a societal movement demanding "Bolsonaro out." According to Haddad, President Jair Bolsonaro shows no sensitivity to the critical situation and the deaths occurring in the country. "He only cares about his delinquent sons."
After the various accusations against Bolsonaro, such as the political interference in the Federal Police, Haddad believes that the population is beginning to see the president's true colors. "We have a very serious national problem. People need to understand the gravity of this moment."
"He is one of the most unqualified people I have ever met. I have never seen anyone as low-level as him. It's a very serious tragedy; we are seeing almost a thousand deaths a day and..." he continues to downplay it."He only cares about his family of delinquents, who need to be protected by him. People need to understand that we are living through a profound national drama and 'out with Bolsonaro' is the salvation of the country," the former mayor stated in an interview with... Radio Brasil Today.
According to Haddad, Bolsonaro has formed the worst ministerial team in the history of the Republic, which is why he will never be able to manage a crisis. “Just look at these two areas, health and education. Look what's happening. It's horrifying. While one has no empathy for the public school student, the other isn't consulted by the president about signed decrees. The country is in a terrible crisis and has an incompetent person in the presidency.”
Impeachment
The former Minister of Education believes that Bolsonaro's impeachment has a strong legal basis, since the president commits continuous crimes. Haddad recalls the... Bolsonaro's participation in unconstitutional demonstrations in favor of a military intervention, against the Supreme Federal Court and against the National Congress.
Haddad observed that the recent demonstrations in Brasília, with people admitting to being armed, are an attack on democracy. “They don't want freedom, but the oppression of those who think differently. We know how intolerance begins, but not how it ends,” said the former Workers' Party presidential candidate, who believes the institutions of the Republic are not reacting appropriately to the gravity of the situation. “Bolsonaro sabotages democracy every day. His son, Carlos, incites virtual militias against the Republic. But the institutions react timidly,” he said.
Since feeling threatened, Bolsonaro has begun negotiating with the military and a faction within the National Congress. "He started to..." to hand over practical positions to the centrist bloc"He's allocating Roberto Jefferson's (imprisoned for passive corruption) group to places where there's public funding. Roberto Jefferson is the one who orchestrates the Bolsonaro resistance; it's absurd," he added.
Progressive International
The launch of an International Progressive Network, a movement with more than 40 politicians and intellectuals from all continents, is planned for this year. Fernando Haddad He is one of the project's organizers.which seeks to promote the unity, coordination, and mobilization of activists, associations, unions, and social movements. Besides the former mayor, there are figures at the forefront such as activists Noam Chomsky and Naomi Klein, economist Yanis Varoufakis, and the Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir.
"After the election – which we didn't win because of..." fake news –, we accumulated political capital. From that, I made international trips and met anti-fascist groups. I traveled the world, met European leaders, and all these people want to oppose the fascism that reigns in the world, from Donald Trump to Viktor Orban (President of Hungary), explains Haddad.
In addition to creating resistance, the Progressive International seeks to defend democracy, solidarity, and gender and racial equality, explains the former mayor. But it also aims to build development projects to overcome the current global order resulting from the financialization of the economy.