President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva participated on Saturday (22) in the 45th anniversary event of the Workers Party (PT), to which he is affiliated and is one of the founders. Lula used much of the speech, in a warehouse at Pier Mauá, Rio de Janeiro’s port zone, to ask the militants to defend democracy and combat false news – fake news.
At various times, militants and speakers sang demonstrations against any amnesty those involved in the events of January 8, 2023, which ended with public buildings vandalized in Brasilia.
The president made reference to the complaint sent to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), which responsible 34 peopleincluding former President Jair Bolsonaro, for an attempted coup and plan to murder authorities.
“They are now asking amnesty, nor have they been condemned, they already want to be amnesty. They should be asking was innocence, you know, and not ask for amnesty. They will be tried, if they are guilty, they will be condemned, ”he said. “We like democracy, we will defend democracy,” he added.
Fake news
Lula asked the protesters to fight lying news. “We need to have the courage to face fake news.”
In January, a wave of fake news about pix transaction tax forced the IRS to revoke an act that dealt with Transfers Monitoring.
Without nominally quoting, Lula criticized US President Donald Trump. He cited American actions, such as renamed Mexico’s Gulf of Gulf of America and to say that Canada and Grealândia belong to the United States.
“He was not elected to be the sheriff of the world, he was elected to govern the United States and he who rules well.”
By arguing that people know government actions so that they can counter lies, Lula criticized his own ministry.
“I had a ministerial meeting for about 20 days and found at the meeting that my government’s ministry doesn’t know what we are doing. If the ministry does not know, the people much less. ”
Party
The president said that the PT, founded on February 10, 1980, is not just a political party, it is an idea that democracy is a non -negotiable value and that it should be ruled for all, “with special look at those who most need ”.
However, he said the party needs to advance. “We need to discuss politics within the factory, at the workplace, where the working class is in the city in the countryside. We need to talk to the periphery, to go through Brazil, to dialogue with the churches, spend shoe sole on the outskirts, occupy the streets again, ”he said.
The birthday event was attended by affiliates, such as governors Jerônimo Rodrigues (Bahia) and Elmano de Freitas (Ceará), parliamentarians and ministers and representatives of social movements. Although not affiliated with the PT, Minister of Health, Nísia Trindade, was also present. Members of allied parties also attended.
In the speech, Lula listed the current government in the social areas, such as expansion of Bolsa Familia; and economic, with data from Low Record of Unemploymentincrease in the minimum wage and expansion of the economy.
Cuddle
The president praised the current president of the PT, federal deputy Gleise Hoffmann and countered opinions he heard within the party that Hoffmann could not preside over the caption because “only speaks to bubble.”
“The good president of the PT is not the one who speaks out, he is the one who speaks inside, he is the one who gains the confidence of the party. Once you have the party’s confidence, you can speak out, but if you don’t have the party’s confidence, you won’t be able to talk out because no one will want to respect someone who is not dear inside your party, ”he said.
Lula also stated that the first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, is the target of criticism from people who want to reach him indirectly.
“I always say to Janja, ‘you have two options: or you stop doing what you like, and they will stop bothering you, or you keep talking until you realize that you won’t change your ideology, they won’t change yours Thought ‘, this is a war, ”he said.
The president stressed that the first lady can say whatever she wants. “I’m not required to agree, but if you disagree, I have to lose some debates too.”
Another cited by the president was the Minister of Education, Camilo Santana. Lula even played with Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, who was the holder of the Education Folder from 2005 to 2012.
“Haddad was the best education minister I had in Brazil. Now he is worried because Camilo’s role is to leave him in second place. Because only then with this dispute will we fix education, which is a historical debt of the Brazilian elite with the Brazilian people who need to study ”.
Health
According to the agenda released by the Presidency of the Republic, Lula went to Brasilia shortly after the event. He had been in Rio since the day before, when he participated in the signing ceremony of the concession contract to the private initiative of a Terminal in the port of Itaguaíin the metropolitan region of Rio.
At the event, he commented that he performed medical examinations in Sao Paulo on Thursday. “I think it will be very difficult for a 40 -year -old to have the health and quality of health I have,” said the 79 -year -old president.
“I want to tell all those who think they can destroy the PT. I mean to all those who think they can destroy the integrity of a man that I am more alive than ever, stronger than ever and whoever wants to defeat us will have to go to the place we know how to fight, which is on the street talking to the people ”.
Gleise Hoffmann
Party President Gleise Hoffmann said she’s a feat “to reach 45 years of struggle, resistance and achievements.” According to her, the PT is a party of political organization “from the bottom up”.
She stated that one of the priorities of the subtitle is the proposal to charge more taxes from very rich people. “Now is to advance with firmness, determination and urgency in the reform of income tax and the end of indecent exemptions, so that the very rich finally pay the fair tax and due to their profits and dividends, about the much that extract from the country.” .
Gleise Hoffmann also said that the government is resolving the budget deficit (balance between income and expenses) and praised the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad.
“We left 2023, a 3.2% deficit [do PIB, tamanho total da economia] And you got put a deficit of 0.09% [do PIB]. This is a commitment to public accounts. ”
The party president also stated that “there is no divergence between the broad alliance for elections and the defense of people’s rights. This is a false controversy. ”
“It was this alliance conjunction we made in 2022. This is your brand, President Lula, foundation in the people. It is from her that the conditions arise to make a wide alliance to consolidate democracy and rebuild our country. ”
