The president recalled the prison sentence that the former Bolsonarist judge and minister Sérgio Moro handed down against Lula in the framework of Operation Lava Jato, which investigated corruption in the state oil company Petrobras.
“In my government we eradicated the systematic corruption that existed in the country. When the left ruled, Petrobras’s debt due to mismanagement and deviations reached 170 billion dollars. The person responsible for this was unanimously condemned in three instances.”
Speaking before his peers at the UN, the president said that his management is supported in the streets, referring to September 7, the Bicentennial Day of Brazilian Independence, marked by a speech in front of thousands of followers in which he highlighted his sex vigour.
“In the face of the conflict in Ukraine, Brazil was managed by principles of international law, we defend an immediate ceasefire, the protection of civilians, and maintain all channels of dialogue to reach a lasting solution,” said the Brazilian president, who was the first ruler to address the 77th annual Assembly of the UN.
According to CNN Brasil and the newspaper O Globo, Bolsonaro was advised by diplomats to avoid expressions of praise about his Russian colleague, Vladimir Putin, with whom he established a relationship of political affinity after their meeting in Moscow in February. When he addressed the climate agenda, one of the aspects most criticized by governments and NGOs, the president did not have aggressive expressions against the governments of France and Germany, as happened in his other speeches at the UN.
Despite avoiding such hostile remarks, the president made a defense of his environmental initiatives. “In the Brazilian Amazon, with an area equivalent to Western Europe, more than 80% of the forest remains untouched, contrary to what is disclosed by the great national and international press,” he assured. “It is essential that in caring for the environment we do not forget about people,” he said.
“In terms of environment and sustainable development, Brazil is a reference for the world, two thirds of the Brazilian territory remain with native vegetation”, he added. The numbers raised by the head of state in terms of conservation are disputed by NGOs such as Imazon, which this week reported that in the first 8 months of 2022, just under 8,000 square kilometers of forest were destroyed, the largest area since it was makes a satellite control of deforestation.
Promise
In São Paulo, former President Lula gathered support from tourism businessmen during an event in which he promised to promote the sector as a source of income and job creation.
Monday’s IPEC poll once again put Lula as the favorite to win the presidency, although it remains to be seen if Bolsonaro can point to flaws in the electronic ballot box system in the event of a defeat, as he has been doing since 2021.
The president was in London for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and used his presence there to criticize the price of gasoline in the United Kingdom, saying that “in Brazil it is cheaper” and to hold an act from the Brazilian embassy with supporters at the who promised to “win in the first round.”
Bolsonaro, the main ally of former US President Donald Trump, keeps part of the Brazilian extreme right on guard with complaints about the electoral system: in the United States, Trumpism did not accept defeat against Joe Biden and thousands invaded the Capitol in an attempted coup. Condition.
During the meeting with tourism businessmen, Lula affirmed that there will be a “hard hand” against deforestation in the Amazon jungle and defended environmental policies as a way of making tourism attractive.
The candidate who obtains half plus one of the valid votes will be elected and, if not, the first two will attend a ballot on October 30.
Source: Ambito
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