In his first public appearance after emergency surgery on his skull last week, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva entered the auditorium where his medical team’s press conference was taking place at Hospital Sírio Libanês, in São Paulo, by surprise. this Sunday morning (15), soon after being discharged from hospital.
The president spoke about the symptoms that preceded his hospitalization, repeatedly thanked the medical team and commented on the news that has been moving the political world since yesterday, which was the arrest of general Walter Braga Nettoformer minister of the Civil House and former candidate for vice on Jair Bolsonaro’s ticket in the 2022 elections.
For Lula, it is necessary to be patient for Justice to do its work, but if the accusations are proven, the punishment must be exemplary.
“What happened this week, with the arrest of General Braga [Netto]I will demonstrate to you that I have more patience and am democratic. I think he has every right to the presumption of innocence. What I didn’t have, I want them to have. Every right and every respect for the law to be complied with. But if these guys did what they tried to do, they will have to be severely punished,” he said.
Braga Netto is one of the targets of the investigation that investigates the attempted coup d’état in the country after the 2022 elections, including, according to the Federal Police, a conspiracy to assassinate Lula, vice-president Geraldo Alckmin, and minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), who was then president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He has already had the indictment confirmed and could become a defendant after analysis by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR).
“It is not possible for us to admit that, in a generous country like Brazil, we have people with high military rank plotting the death of the President of the Republic, plotting the death of their own and plotting the death of a judge who was president of the Supreme Court Electoral”, added Lula.
The President of the Republic stated that his goal is to return to democratic normality in the country and criticized the legacy of the Bolsonaro government. “In fact, Brazil did not have a government from 2019 to 2022, Brazil had a locust plague, which decided to destroy the values, respect for democracy, institutions, and governability of this country.”
Ministerial meeting
Lula remains until next Thursday (19) in São Paulo, where he maintains a private residence, to undergo medical monitoring. He must have a cranial tomography to evaluate recovery from surgical procedures. Afterwards, you will return to Brasília. The president stated that he should hold a ministerial meeting by the end of the year and considered returning to São Paulo just to participate in the traditional event with recyclable material collectors, but he will spend the end of year festivities in Brasília.
“I have a ministerial meeting to hold until the end of the year, I have to decide whether to come to Christmas for the recyclable material collectors, which I come to São Paulo every year. I’m not going to the beach, I’m going to spend Christmas at home, the year new at home. And I will try to obey the doctor’s instructions with great respect”, he assured.
