The President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvaaffirmed this Monday that he returned to power “no hate” to respect his origins and govern for the poorest, and promised that he will work so that “never again can a genocide be elected based on the industry of lies”, in reference to his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaroduring a fiery speech for the 43rd anniversary of the Workers’ Party (PT).
“Many wonder which Lula is going to govern this third term and I tell them that the one who governs this country is the one who does not forget his origins, the one who lived in houses that were flooded by the rains, the one who went hungry and knew bread for the first time at the age of seven,” she said.
“Lula returned to change this country, so that no more children die of hunger”Lula added this Monday night in Brasilia, at the party convention to celebrate the anniversary of the PT, a force that he founded in 1980 in Sao Paulo.
Moved, the president reviewed his career and the founding of the PT during the military dictatorship and described his force as “the best political party in the world” because it was born “from the bottom up.”
“Everything we did in 13 years was destroyed by the coup against Dilma and the four-year term of a genocide who must be tried for the number of people who died during his government.”Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
The main leaders of the party and its allies were present at the event, including the former chief of staff Jose Dirceuformer head of the PT and convicted of corruption in the Mensalao and Petrolao scandals that Lula claimed responsibility for during his speech, in an unprecedented scene since the leader left the party’s first government in 2006.
Lula recalled that the PT governed between 2003 and 2010 and with Dilma Rousseff from 2011 to 2016.
“Everything we did in 13 years was destroyed by the coup against Dilma and the mandate of four years of a genocide who must be tried for the number of people who died during his government“, he assured.
The Lula who governs this country is the one who does not reveal his origins. What happened to me and what did I eat bread for the first time at 7 years old. This Lula saw together with the powder to change that country. In order not to allow more children to raise girls of fome. #PT43Years
– Lula (@LulaOficial) February 14, 2023
In this framework, he said that he will work forand “never again can a genocide be chosen based on the industry of lies”in reference to Bolsonaro, whose environment is disseminating that he seeks to return in the 2026 elections despite the opening of legal proceedings against him.
Lula also maintained that the militancy must have patience to explain the thinking of the party and the government: “We must distribute happiness because you cannot be happy in solitude.”
The ex-unionist thanked the militants for the vigil mounted in Curitiba, in front of his place of detention, which for 580 days demanded his release from a conviction for corruption that was annulled by the Supreme Court for political manipulation and lack of evidence.
“I was born to take care of the people of my country, I was born to be a caretaker of the streets, making the people raise their heads and fight for their rights,” said Lula, in an act in which former president Dilma Rousseff and the incumbent were present. of the PT, Gleisi Hoffmann, as main speakers.
Hoffman was re-elected as head of the party until 2025 and criticized the policy of the head of the Central Bank, Roberto Campos Neto, of maintaining the reference interest rate at 13.75%, supposedly to cool the economy.
Campos Neto is a Bolsonarist who took office in 2021 and has a mandate until 2024 within the framework of the new Central Bank independence law, which prevents the winner of the elections from appointing the head of the monetary authority.
