Lula says Janja is 'a beacon' in his life and presidency.
The president also stated that the first lady is "very concerned about women's issues."
247 - President Lula heaped praise on the First Lady, Janja da Silva, saying she is a "beacon" for him and his decisions as president. He recounted that she constantly alerts him to potential problems.
"I have a special woman. Janja is like a guiding light for me. You know, that lighthouse that guides you? That is, when something is wrong, she calls my attention to it; when there's something wrong in the newspaper, she calls my attention to it; when there's something wrong online, she calls my attention to it. Sometimes she tells me things that my staff doesn't tell me, and she tells me. And that helps me, obviously it helps me," the president stated in an interview on the program "Bom Dia com Mário Kertész" on [TV channel name]. Radio Metrópole from Salvador.
Lula also stated that Janja, a sociologist, is interested in social issues, environmental agendas, and is "very concerned about women's issues."
"You have no idea how upset she gets when [photographer Ricardo Stuckert] Stuckinha takes a picture of me and it's all men. When she sees the photo, she's horrified. 'Didn't you have a woman to put in the picture? Why only men, only men, only men?' And sometimes, most of them are men, what can you do?", the president stated.