Bolsonaro defended child labor and the carrying of arms of miners

"When a boy of nine or ten is working, there is always someone who says that it is slave labor, I do not know if it is like that", he said, adding: "But when people see a minor smoking crack does not say anything."

The President felt that it would be interesting to proceed with a revision of the legislation not allowing the work of children under 14, but he specified that he would not be in charge of the promote.

"Work does not concern the life of anyone, but rest badured, I will not present any project decriminalizing child labor, because it would be mbadacred," he admitted during a program broadcast in November. live last night on social networks, according to the news agency. Ansa

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He recalled that, as a child, he sold fish in a city in the interior of the state of São Paulo and that "my older brother was already working hard in the countryside at the age of eight or nine years".

"I learned to drive vehicles with tractors, I had a habit of plowing, it's irresponsible," he said.

So, Bolsonaro He returned to an issue that has been expensive since the 2018 election campaign: the authorization to carry arms to minors, which was the subject of a presidential decree issued several months ago and which was rejected by Congress.

"I started shooting at a young age and it was not a problem for me – my father had a shotgun that I had used in the middle of the mountain, where he shot really well," he said. he finished naturally.