At the same time, Bolsonaro was in a basement in Brasilia, dressed in a yellow shirt, making a live broadcast on Facebook and accusing the president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Alexandre de Moraes, of persecuting him in an investigation that the same magistrate It is carried out for the expenses of the first lady, Michelle Bolsonaro, as a Supreme Court judge.
In the meeting of the Sphere Group with Lula, a left-wing leader who lifted millions of people out of poverty during his two terms as president (2003-2010), there were twice as many businessmen and bankers as in another held by the far-right Bolsonaro the last week.
The bridge between big businessmen and bankers was made by the Prerogatives Group, an entity of criminal and constitutional lawyers who from the outset opposed the wave of punitiveness suffered by the Judiciary with the “Lava Jato” operation, within the framework of the which Lula was detained for 580 days after a conviction by then-judge Sergio Moro that was later annulled for manipulation.
endorsement
Lula was received with applause, reported O Globo, even by radically Bolsonaro and far-right businessmen such as Fabio Rocha, owner of the Riachuelo chain of stores. In Brazil, the word Riachuelo is linked to the greatest battle of the Navy, in the Paraguayan War.
Since he was released from prison as a possible candidate, the financial and business markets have warned of a possible return of Lula with a very leftist agenda. This benefited Bolsonaro’s candidacy for re-election, who has executed the economic program of economic opening, reduction of the State and freezing of salaries through the financier who heads the Ministry of Economy, Paulo Guedes.
Instead, Lula told businessmen that, if elected, he will eliminate a financial market conquest during the Michel Temer government, which was to set a ceiling on public spending for 20 years.
The former metallurgical union leader added that it will be necessary to pay attention from the first day to the most needy without putting economic fundamentals as an obstacle such as the anchoring of fiscal policy.
Attendees
The meeting was attended by the president of the Federation of Banks, Isaac Sidney; the head of the Bradesco bank, Luiz Trabuco; the one from the BTG bank, André Estevez; Abilio Diniz, from Carrefour; Benjamin Steinbruch, from the CSN National Iron and Steel Company; the head of the global sugar and ethanol giant Cosan, Fabio Ermirio de Moraes; representatives of the cement company and bank Votorantim; and the president of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP), Josué Gomes, son of Lula’s former vice president, José Alencar.
Lula, increasingly favored, left the place to applause, said the president of the Workers’ Party, Gleisi Hofmann.
“I don’t know if the reception that Lula received will translate into votes, but there is a will among these people to participate in the reconstruction of the country. I think (Lula) removed some mistrust and emphasized that he intends to improve the economy in the social area, the environment and culture”, she assured.
According to Folha de Sao Paulo, Lula said that the businessmen were afraid of seeing a “rabid man” seeking revenge for having been unjustly imprisoned.
Front and back
The event contrasted with the image of Bolsonaro doing his live broadcast on Facebook.
The president dedicated his appearance to repudiate a leak made to the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper of an investigation against presidential adviser Cid Moraes, on whose phone unusual movements of cash from the Presidency budget were detected to pay the current expenses of the first lady, Michelle Bolsonaro.
For Bolsonaro, it is “cowardly” to leak that in the last week of the campaign to create a “favorable climate for the opposition.”
“It’s one thing to mess with me and another to mess with my wife. Do you want to stop me? It is cowardly to do these things,” said Bolsonaro, who lashed out at the Federal Police for “eating from the hand” of the judge.
Since last year, Bolsonaro has repeatedly repudiated the actions of De Moraes, the judge of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) who is carrying out the case for coup by Bolsonaro leaders, including the president himself.
Since last month, De Moraes has also been the head of the TSE, which has increased Bolsonaro’s criticism of the electoral system and his threat not to recognize the results of the elections.
Telam Agency
Source: Ambito
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