The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, announced this Sunday that he will revoke legal decrees signed by his predecessor, former president Jair Bolsonaro, which facilitated the carrying, possession and sale of weapons in the country.
“We are revoking the criminal decrees to expand access to weapons and ammunition, which caused so much insecurity and so much damage to Brazilian families. Brazil does not want more weapons, it wants peace and security for its people, ”announced Lula da Silva, in his first speech as head of state after signing the mandate in Congress.
Lula da Silva promised that the Ministry of Justice and Public Security “will act to harmonize federal powers and entities with the objective of promoting peace where it is most urgent: in poor communities, within families vulnerable to organized crime, to the militias”. and to violence, wherever it comes from”.
The new Brazilian president criticized his predecessor by stating that “democracy was the great winner of this election” since he believes he has overcome “the greatest mobilization of public and private resources ever seen, the most violent threats to freedom of vote, the most abject campaign of lies and hate conspired to manipulate and shame the electorate”.
“Never have the resources of the State been so distorted in favor of an authoritarian project of power. Never has the public machine been so diverted from republican controls. Voters have never been so constrained by economic power and by the lies spread on an industrial scale”, shot Lula. of the Silva.
When speaking about the mismanagement of the Bolsonaro government in the area of health during the pandemic, the head of state stressed that he considered that the period that ended was marked by one of the greatest tragedies in history and that “in no other country The number of deaths has been as high proportionally to the population as in Brazil, one of the countries best prepared to face health emergencies, thanks to the competence of our Unified Health System”.
This “paradox can only be explained by the criminal attitude of a government that is denialist, obscurantist and insensitive to life. The responsibilities of this genocide will have to be investigated and must not go unpunished,” Lula da Silva attacked.
“What corresponds to us, at this moment, is to show solidarity with the relatives, parents, orphans, brothers and sisters of the almost 700,000 victims of the pandemic,” he added.
The Brazilian president also promised to rebuild health budgets to guarantee basic assistance to the population, access to medicines and promote access to specialized medicines.
Lula da Silva took office today as the 39th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, with a term that runs until December 31, 2026.
After taking office, the new President of Brazil will go to the Planalto Palace, go up the ramp and give a speech in the Parlatório that faces Praça dos Três Poderes for an audience of up to 40,000 people, the limit authorized by security .
Organizers estimate that at least 300,000 people are in Brasilia for the progressive leader’s inauguration in an event that includes a music festival.
Lula da Silva will go to the Itamaraty Palace, headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to hold a reception closed to the public with several 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.
Source: TSF
