Jair Bolsonaro says the Brazilian people “deserve to suffer” if they vote for Lula da Silva in the next presidential elections

The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, assured this Monday that the Brazilian people “deserves to suffer“If in the next presidential elections in 2022 you vote for the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has not yet confirmed his candidacy but has left the open door.

Bolsonaro’s statements to his supporters as he exited the Palacio de la Alvorada, along with an evangelical pastor and an unmasked Catholic priest, came last week. the Federal Court will confirm the annulment of the sentences handed down against the former leader of the Workers’ Party (PT), to which the Brazilian president planned to declare that Lula “is already a candidate“.

“It was an eight against three, perform as you want“He asked with reference to the Supreme Court’s decision.

Likewise, with reference to the Lula Administrations, he considered that “people get used to the benefits“Social plans, while he defended the”Meritocracy“, Admitting that it is”difficult to apply“.

Also concerning the 2022 elections, he announced that he will have to choose a party with which to run before April, the Alliance for Brazil not being ready. Brazilian Mail.

“In next year’s elections, whoever gets elected appoints two (judges) to the Supreme Court in the first quarter of 2023,” he added, insisting that “If you are a guy on my line there will be four (judges) who will make a difference“.

Regarding the criticism he has received for his management of the pandemic in Brazil, the second most affected country in the world, Bolsonaro said that although he is accused of “genocide”, “the damage of the quarantines” is more important, with “a generation without school, people are dying of depression, of economic bankruptcy.”

Lula da Silva said he wanted to win the elections for Jair Bolsonaro and be president of Brazil again

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has shown his willingness to stand in the 2022 elections to challenge the leadership of Jair Bolsonaro, whom he considers “fascist” and “genocide”.

In statements made last week to the channel C5N and asked about the possibility of him going to a new election, Lula said that “if necessary and I have to be a candidate in 2022 to win the elections to a fascist named Bolsonaro” it will be.

The former Brazilian president stressed that before evaluating his participation in a new electoral process, he must “talk a lot with the other political forces of the center and the left”, In a process similar to that led by Alberto Fernández to obtain the Argentine presidency.

However, Lula admitted that he did not need to be the progressive candidate: “I am 75 years old, I consider myself to be in good health, I am well physically, but it doesn’t have to be meWe can choose someone who can represent the progressive interests of the country, ”he said.

“I never thought that we would have in Brazil a president of the fascist and genocidal republic, who is primarily responsible for the pandemicHe said with reference to Bolsonaro’s management of COVID-19, which has placed this nation as one of the most affected in the world by the virus.

Bolsonaro “He only thinks of the military and, therefore, I believe that democracy will return and I hope to participate in this process which will restore hope and joy to Brazil.Added the former president.

(With information from Europa Press and EFE)

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