The progressive leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in this Sunday as the 39th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil in a solemn ceremony at the National Congress, in Brasilia.
In the speech preceding his third term, Lula da Silva assumed “the commitment to rebuild” Brazil.
“If we are here it is thanks to the political awareness of Brazilian society and the democratic front that we form. Democracy was the great winner, overcoming the greatest mobilization of public and private resources ever seen, the most violent threats to the freedom to vote,” he stated at the beginning of his first speech as president of the Federative Republic of Brazil.
“Our message to Brazil is one of hope and reconstruction. The great edifice of rights, sovereignty and development that this nation built has been systematically demolished in recent years. It is on the reconstruction of this building that we are going to direct all our efforts, ”he added. .
The official recalled that in 2002, when he won the first presidential election, he and his supporters said that hope had overcome fear, in the sense of overcoming fear in the face of the unprecedented election of a representative of the working class.
And “it was demonstrated that a representative of the working class could, yes, dialogue with society to promote economic growth in a sustainable manner and for the benefit of all, especially those most in need,” he recalled.
Now, however, Lula da Silva said he had received a surprise diagnosis from the transitional cabinet.
“Health resources were emptied. They dismantled Education, Culture, Science and Technology. They destroyed the protection of the Environment. They did not leave resources for school meals, vaccination, citizen security, ”he said.
“It is on these terrible ruins that I assume the commitment to, together with the Brazilian people, rebuild the country and make again a Brazil of all and for all”, he added.
“I promise to maintain, defend and comply with the constitution, observe the laws and promote the general good of the Brazilian people, uphold the unity, integrity and independence of Brazil”, he said, during the inauguration.
The new Brazilian president had already assumed two terms (2003 to 2010).
Lula da Silva was received in Congress by the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, Arthur Lira and Rodrigo Pacheco, respectively.
The solemn opening session began with a brief intervention by the President of the Senate, who honored the soccer player Pelé and the recently deceased Pope Benedict XVI, asking for a minute of silence.
Then, the national anthem followed and, later, Lula da Silva ratified the Constitutional Commitment and signed the mandate together with the vice president, Geraldo Alckmin.
When signing, Lula da Silva broke the protocol and publicly explained that he used a pen that had been offered to him by a supporter of the small state of Piauí, in 1989 (the first post-dictatorship democratic elections), and recalled that, in his first inauguration ceremony ( in 2003), used another pen by then-senator Ramez Tebet, father of Simone Tebet, his current minister and former opponent in the October elections of this year.
Before taking the oath, Lula da Silva was received by authorities and politicians, having been greeted by former President Dilma Rousseff and foreign authorities such as the President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, the former President of Uruguay Pepe Mujica, and other foreign leaders present. in the place.
The thousands of supporters of Lula present at the “Festival of the Future”, when they saw Lula embracing Dilma Rousseff on the giant screen, shouted: “Dilma passes the banner.”
A provocation to Jair Bolsonaro who went to the United States and thus will not make the traditional transfer to the new President.
After taking the oath in Congress, those present in the Brazilian Congress sang “Ole, ole, ole, ole, Lula, Lula”, in honor of the progressive leader.
After taking office, Lula gave a speech in Congress, the new President of Brazil will go to the Planalto Palace, go up the ramp and speak in the Parlatório that is in front of Praça dos Três Poderes before an audience of 40 thousand people, the number maximum authorized for security.
Organizers estimated that at least 300,000 people are in Brasilia for the progressive leader’s inauguration in a sequence of events that also includes a music festival in addition to traditional rites of presidential inauguration.
In his car, supporters shouted words of support and applauded the former union leader who begins his third presidential term this Sunday, after a polarized election.
After speaking to the public, Lula da Silva travels to the Itamaraty Palace, headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to hold a reception closed to the public with various guests from more than 65 foreign delegations, including heads of state, vice presidents, heads of diplomacy , special envoys and representatives of international organizations.
The celebrations will be attended by the Portuguese President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, João Gomes Cravinho, and the former Prime Minister and personal friend of Lula da Silva, José Sócrates.
Also the presidents of Angola, João Lourenço; from Timor-Leste, José Ramos-Horta; from Cape Verde, José Maria Neves; from Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, and the executive secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), Zacarias da Costa, will be present.
Lula da Silva (Workers’ Party) is the first head of state to serve three terms in recent Brazilian history. A six-time candidate for the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil, he was the first labor leader to reach the most important position in the country’s political leadership.
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Source: TSF
