"Above Brazil, Above God": The letter sent by the government of Jair Bolsonaro to public school students

The Government of Brazil has asked public and private schools in the country that a representative of the institution save the students while they sing the national anthem "in front of the Brazilian flag", informed the Ministry of Education Monday.

"Brazilians! Welcome Brazil to new times and celebrate the quality and responsible education that will be developed in our school, "said a letter signed by Minister Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez, attached to the email sent to educational institutions, and this Tuesday, the official acknowledged that he it was a "mistake" to shoot minors without asking permission from parents.

According to the portfolio in a statement, the letter was sent with "a voluntary compliance application" to read the first day of school in 2019.

After reading the letter signed by Vélez Rodríguez, a Colombian national, "teachers, students and other school workers" they must "stay profiled in front of the Brazilian flag" and then "run the national anthem", as directed by the ministry.

The message sent also requested that "for directors wishing to badist voluntarily at the request of the Minister," a "school representative" save portions of the letter reading and the performance of the anthem, then send the records to the government.

"After receiving the recordings, a selection of images with fragments will be made reading of the letter by a representative of the school ", says the portfolio in the note.

The ministry said that the activity "This is part of the policy of encouraging the valorization of national symbols"and that the authorization of the legal person responsible for the registered person is requested" before any disclosure.

In the attached letter, Vélez Rodríguez also pointed out that students "constitute the new generation". "Brazil above all. God above all!"The minister concluded his letter, referring to the slogan of President Jair Bolsonaro, the leader of the Brazilian far right who took power on 1 January.

In his inaugural speech, Bolsonaro, a defender of family and traditional values, badured that schools would prepare the new generations for "the labor market and not for political activism".

Likewise, according to his far-right party, his government will represent a unique opportunity to "fight the ideology of gender" and "restore moral and ethical values" in educational institutions. country.

(With EFE information)