“One cannot say that there was no corruption if the people confessed. The problem is that those people were rich for confessing, they (the repentant ones) won their freedom for saying what the Public Ministry wanted, something that I consider crazy and an aberration Lula said.
Corruption was the first issue addressed by the candidate of the workers party (PT, left) in the report he gave on Thursday night to National Journal of the TV Globethe most important in Brazil.
The memory of Lava Jato
Lula da Silva criticized the rewarded delation used by prosecutors in the anti-corruption case car washby the former judge Sergio Moroa process that dismantled a plot of bribes and rigged contracts in the state oil company Petrobras.
In the framework of Lava Jato, the former president and favorite for the October elections was convicted and remained in prison for 580 days, between 2018 and 2019. He had also lost his political rights, sentences that were later annulled by the Supreme Federal Court (STF).
“What happens is that here in Brazil people are condemned by the headlines of the newspapers. What was the mistake of Lava Jato? It took a delicate political path, passed the limits of the investigation and entered the limits of politics. And the objective was Lula, the objective was to condemn Lula,” he assured.
Meanwhile, the veteran PT leader assured yesterday that in his eventual government “anyone who commits a crime will be sentenced.”
Criticism of Bolsonaro and praise for Alckmin
During the interview, Lula criticized Bolsonaro for not being up to the task of the government, especially the budget which is controlled by the head of Deputies, Arthur Liraof the Progressive Party (PP, right).
“Bolsonaro is a hostage of the National Congress, Bolsonaro does not even take care of the budget, the one who takes care of the budget is (Arthur) Lira, this never happened, Bolsonaro looks like the fool of the courtthat is a mockery, that is not democracy,” he asserted.
The former metallurgical leader sent signals to the market and assured that he is not against the businessmen of the agribusinessa sector that supports the ultra-conservative president.
In that sense, he made a defense of the alliance with his old adversary, Gerald Alckminwho was governor of the state of Saint Paul for him Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB, center-right) and who acts as an interlocutor with businessmen and bankers.
In 2006 Lula and Alckmin had strong debates when both disputed the ballot for the presidency of the republic, finally won by the PT.
Asked about possible resentments with his old rival, Lula replied “you have to see what an expert subject Alckmin is, he is skilled, he gave a speech when he was presented to the PT that made me envious.”
“He was accepted by the PT body and soul, I have one hundred percent confidence that his experience as governor of São Paulo will help me fix this country,” assured the left-wing candidate.
Source: Ambito
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