“It was not a ‘witch hunt,” he said to answer the sayings of the American leader directly.
Days after the conviction against the former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro 27 years in prison for coup attemptthe current president Lula da Silva He referred for the first time to the decision, said that the judicial process “was not a ‘witch hunt'” and stressed: “I am proud of the Supreme Court for its historical decision.”
The sayings of the Brazilian president come to response the accusations of his American pair, Donald Trumpwho had claimed that there had been a “Witch hunting” against Bolsonaro and considered that the conviction had been “very surprising.”
On the contrary, Lula da Silva He argued that he is “proud of the Supreme Court of Brazil for his historical decision on Thursday ”, in an opinion article published by the American newspaper The New York Times, which was entitled: “Democracy and sovereignty of Brazil are not negotiable.”
“The ruling was the result of procedures carried out in accordance with the Brazil Constitution of 1988, promulgated after two decades of fighting a military dictatorship,” said the leftist president, in the text published in English. “Months of investigations discovered plans to kill me, to the vice president and a judge of the Supreme Court”He emphasized.
Lula da Silva urged to resume dialogue between the US and Brazil
Despite openly and repeatedly criticize Trump, after setting his differences regarding Bolsonaro’s sentence, the Brazilian leader He called the White House to establish a better dialogue. Currently, because of the trial against the former president, both countries face a deep diplomatic crisis: The US punished Brazil with 50%tariffs, among the highest in the world, to a good part of its products.
The economic measures were not the only US reprisals. At the same time, several magistrates of the Brazilian court are subject to sanctions of Washington for their management of the case against Bolsonaro.
“When the United States abandons a relationship of more than 200 years, such as the one it has with Brazil, everyone loses. There are no ideological differences that prevent two governments from collaborating in areas where they share common objectives”Lula said.
In that sense, he remarked: “President Trump, We are still open to negotiate anything that can bring mutual benefits. But Brazil’s democracy and sovereignty are not on the table, ”he wrote.
Lula said he went directly to his American couple and said that in his first speech before the United Nations General Assembly in 2017, he said that “strong and sovereign nations allow various countries with different values, cultures and dreams not only coexist, but also collaborate on the basis of mutual respect.” In this way, he said that “thus sees the relationship between Brazil and the United States: two great nations capable of respecting each other and cooperating for the good of Brazilians and Americans.”
Source: Ambito
