Haddad: It never crossed my mind to leave the PT.
In an exclusive interview with TV 247, Fernando Haddad, who received 47 million votes as the PT's presidential candidate, said that leaving the party "never crossed his mind," when questioned about anti-PT sentiment during the 2018 elections. Haddad also argued that "the center-left needs to come to an understanding to confront the obscurantism that is taking over the country"; watch the full interview.
247 - Former mayor of São Paulo and former Minister of Education, Fernando Haddad, stated in an interview given to TV 247 this Tuesday, the 12th, that he never considered leaving the PT (Workers' Party), even when, during the 2018 presidential campaign, the so-called "anti-PT sentiment" was so prominent in the electoral debates. "It never crossed my mind," he declared.
Speaking to journalists Leonardo Attuch, Paulo Moreira Leite, and Gisele Federicce, Haddad also emphasized the importance of the party's role in defending democracy in the country.
Fernando Haddad is also emphatic in saying that "he would never have reached the second round without the support of the party or Lula." "The PT is a very important party for Brazil. It has a tradition that goes back to times of resistance," he adds.
Regarding Ciro Gomes' behavior in the second round of elections, he assessed that the PT's campaign could have grown more if the former governor had been more emphatic in his support for the PT. "It was a mistake for Ciro Gomes to think that he could be in the second round, representing the center-left, without sitting down with Lula and the PT to reach a broad understanding," he stated.
Back in the classroom as a university professor in São Paulo, Haddad criticized the obscurantism of the Bolsonaro government, the attacks on education, and the attempt to criminalize teachers. "The center-left needs to come together to confront the obscurantism that is taking over the country," he argued.
"Every day the government antagonizes a segment of society. This stance demands that we adopt an understanding attitude so that Brazil can return to the path of development and social justice," he concluded.
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