Bolsonaro: "Now no drunk group does not rule" – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday that Brazil was at least not ruled by a "gang" of drunks when he was questioned about statements in which former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the country was ruled by "a mad gang".

"At least, this is not a group of cachaceiros (who get drunk with the cachaça)," said the leader of the Brazilian far right after being questioned by reporters about the statements that the leader Socialist had made Friday in the first interview given to the press. Since he was imprisoned last April to serve a conviction for corruption and money laundering.

The president and captain of the army reserve commented ironically that he thought that the consumption of alcoholic beverages was banned in Brazilian prisons, in reference to Lula's alleged taste for cachaça, a charge that he would have even threatened to evict. a Brazilian foreign journalist under his government.

"First of all, I think Lula would not have to give interviews, it's a mistake of justice to grant him the right to give interviews," Bolsonaro said of the court's decision Supreme who authorized the prisoners. The Folha newspapers in Sao Paulo and El País Spanish will interview the former president in the prison where he is being held in Curitiba.

The head of state added that in the interview, Lula had declared "nonsense" about his government and challenged him to compare the two administrations.

"Who were the members of your team?" A lot of it is processed, its ministers are prisoners or respond to processes, we can compare our ministers with theirs, because of their qualifications, their professionalism, their patriotism or their desire to do things. correctly, "he said.

"We have been in government for 110 days without any accusation of what Lula and his ministers have done in the past," he added.

According to the far-right leader, the 13-year leadership of Lula's Workers' Party (PT) left Brazil with "misfortune" and "suffering", the consequences of which are still felt until the end. aujourd & # 39; hui.

He added that Brazil had fallen far back in the PT era and that its intention was to change the demagogy and populism of that era in terms of accountability.

In his interview on Friday, Lula criticized the Bolsonaro government and did not hesitate to advise him to form a strong party if he wants to stay in power.

"We are going to make a general self-criticism to this country, which can not be, it is that it is ruled by this crazy group, the country does not deserve it and, above all, people do not do not deserve it, "said the charismatic leftist leader.

The former president also took advantage of his first interview in prison to insist on his innocence, baderting that he was with his conscience and guaranteeing that he would prefer to stay in prison to lose his dignity. EFE