Brazil: Controversial gesture of a candidate with a girl – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

The Brazilian right-wing candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, who will be confirmed by his party Sunday for the October elections, sparked great controversy in the country after teaching a girl to emulate the form of a weapon with his hands

The gesture, which Bolsonaro often uses as a trademark, has been heavily criticized in recent hours on social networks and even by other presidential candidates who will also participate in the elections of 7 October.

At an event in Goiânia, capital of Goiás State (west-central), Bolsonaro took a girl and taught her to simulate a rifle with her hand, raising her thumb and his index finger tight. 19659002] One of the first to react through her official Facebook profile was the environmental candidate, Marina Silva, who is running for the third time in the presidency of Brazil after finishing third in the 2010 and 2014 elections. 19659002] "As a mother and teacher, I was terrified to see a female candidate teach a girl to make the gesture of a revolver with her hands.The hands of a child should be trained to pick up a pencil and a notebook, never a weapon, "said Silva

The homeless leader, Guilherme Boulos, who will be confirmed today as a candidate by the Socialist and Liberal Left Party (PSOL), said that "as a parent" feels "disgusted" and regretted that "any of these people is cowardly distilling hate there."

"Bolsonaro is not an electoral opponent, he is an opponent of Brazil.The weapon we defend for our children is a good education."

The ex-Manuela D & # 39; Avila, a candidate for the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB), also criticized the "violent" image and referred to Bolsonaro, a proponent of making access to arms more flexible in a country that counts each year some 60,000 murders, such as the "unspeakable".

"The Brazil I dream of is the one in which no child is subjected to any kind of violence, the fact that education trains the 'little ones' for peace," he said. says

Bolsonaro, a former 20-year-old parliamentary career, is conducting a short investigation on a scene without former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has been imprisoned since last April and is virtually disqualified after being sentenced to death. second instance at 12 years and 1 month in prison for pbadive bribery and money laundering.

The presidential race began to take shape in the South American gigan on the eve of the opening of the deadline for the parties to define their alliances and candidates facing the most uncertain election nomination since the re-democratization of the country, in 1985.

Bolsonaro, whose candidacy will be confirmed this Sunday in Rio De Janeiro for the Social Liberal Party ( PSL), tr he has serious difficulties in forging alliances with other formations which would give him greater visibility on radio and television