Celso Amorim & # 39; Lula has the right to be a candidate

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By Julián Bruschtein, of Página / 12

political sign in the Latin American governments, that was one of the subjects of the act organized by the Argentinian Committee of Solidarity with President Lula.

Amorim is in a sort of tour to promote solidarity with the former Brazilian president, who remains prisoner by a court decision, but still intends to stand for the next elections. "We do not know what it's like to have a candidate for jailed people," said Hugo Yasky, general secretary of CTA (Argentine Workers Center, one of the three main union centers). from the country).

"A Brazilian comedian something like this: the fact that I'm paranoid does not mean that I'm not being persecuted," said Amorim, laughing among the people who attended the eighth floor of the University metropolitan area of ​​employment and work (UMET). He added: "We are convinced that everything has up to now been a conspiracy" against the People's Party Workers' Government, starting with the dismissal of Dilma Rousseff as President in 2016, after five and a half years of government and while respecting its second term. "Lula must be released and must have the right to be a candidate.

The Argentinian Solidarity Committee with President Lula was formed in April, when the Federal High Court ruled that he should be arrested , although the crimes of corruption that it is alleged that they have not been duly certified by Judge Sérgio Moro, who used a legal person who does not consider the presumption of innocence. " This is a subject of great interest in the region. All cases were badigned to the same judge, although it's different districts, "said Amorim, explaining the conspiracy theory against the people's government and its key leaders.

The Panel was also composed of the former ambbadador of Argentina to Cuba, Juliana Marino, the former Chancellor and deputy of Parlasul, Jorge Taiana, the president of the Justicialista Party of Buenos Aires, Victor Santa Maria, besides the union leader and MP Hugo Yasky and another member of Parlasul, Oscar Laborde, among the public were the president of the Unified Union of Education Workers of Buenos Aires (SUTEBA), Roberto Baradel, l & # 39; former Argentine Labor Minister, Carlos Tomada – who was sitting at the table but who was late for the event – and the old "The reasoning of the Committee is to defend, here in Latin America, the one who is today a hostage of the ruling clbad, which does not admit the reforms that a moderate left sector, like the PT, boosted in Brazil, "commented Yasky, the only speaker at the table outside of Amorim . "It is not by chance that all the trade union centers sit on this committee, as well as the general strike on Monday (25/6), as we consider that Lula is the first president of Latin America to work and must end this stigmatization of prisons "We who live in Peron Prison in Argentina, we know very well what it means today that they want to prevent Lula from being a candidate for popular majorities." ", Said the deputy of the" Citizens' Unit of Brazil ", referring to the 18 years in which the conservative political right has tried to erase President Juan Domingo Perón and his first governments of the year. history.

"We are facing an unusual coup d'etat because it was not done with military force, but it is also atypical for the way it continued to persecute the rulers. left, especially Lula ", has dec Mr. Amorim, badyzing the situation in Brazilian society since the dismissal of Dilma Rousseff and the appointment of Michel Temer as new president. "We have to understand that the current geopolitical scenario is also affected by the potential of the region.We have the largest fresh water reserve in the world," said the former Brazilian Chancellor, highlighting the current situation. one of the points that could be at stake.

At the end of the meeting, the other members of the table were also able to express their impressions. "The changes in the region came with a hardworking president, with a woman president, and made us believe that it was difficult to go back, but the reality has now shown us that they could impose the Lula is a key leader for the policies we want to promote in Latin America, "commented Juliana Marino, and soon after, the whole room ended with fists in mind:" Free Lula. "