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as appropriate In Brazil, the President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, appointed jurist Jorge Messias to the Supreme Federal Court. Considered even by opposition lawyers as an illustrious and more than respected name, his appointment created a problem for Lula, another one: that those who control the Senate had another name, and made their dissatisfaction clear and clear.
Although the Constitution determines that the name will be chosen by the president, in Brazil there are a thousand and one readings for that determination.
In the case of Lula, who is living with – and facing – the worst Congress in the last 50 years, better not to mention it.
Let’s see what happens with Jorge Messias, who – by the way – has nothing remotely to do with the unbalanced far-right Jair Messias Bolsonaro.
Lula was well warned that the name preferred by the senators was another, very political one, but without a fifth of the preparation of Jorge Messias. He chose, and now let’s see what happens, if it will be approved in the House and the Senate.
But that is not even remotely Lula’s big problem, no matter how big it is: there is, of course, Donald Trump.
The United States suddenly lowered many of the penalties, through import taxes, that it had imposed on Brazil. More than as a gesture of friendship, to help with the tremendous problems that arose in the domestic market of the United States, especially with coffee, definitely.
In any case, Lula has more to worry about, it is worth reiterating. His image suffered a marked deterioration, and today only 46 percent defend it, compared to – it seems impossible – 42 for Jair Bolsonaro, imprisoned and declared ineligible for next year’s votes.
Definitely, my country is amnesiac, without memory, ignorant and condemning itself to more and more disasters.
Lula does what he can, as Darcy Ribeiro and Leonel Brizola did before him and with much more determination.
Brizola and Darcy left. The tragedy is that almost no one remembers them. I hope Lula does.
