The period of national mourning decreed in the United Kingdom after the death of Queen Elizabeth II did not prevent the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, from haranguing the crowd. Traveling to London to attend the funeral of the British sovereign, he has multiplied the political messages since his arrival.
From the balcony of the residence of the Brazilian ambassador, he improvised on Sunday, in front of supporters who had come to cheer him, a vehement speech, assuring that his country “does not want to hear about the liberalization of drugs, the legalization of abortion.” “, while he rejects” gender ideology “. According to guardianJair Bolsonaro spoke 13 seconds about the queen, and more than 2 minutes about her political agenda.
“Our motto is God, country, family and freedom. And that is the sentiment of the vast majority of the Brazilian people,” he said.
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Because Jair Bolsonaro is campaigning. On October 2, the presidential elections will be held in Brazil, where the current president will contest his re-election. In front of him is notably Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ahead in the polls.
Lula was quick to criticize the speech delivered on Sunday by Jair Bolsonaro, considered incompatible with a visit abroad in connection with a state funeral.
“It is commendable that Bolsonaro goes to the Queen’s funeral. But to campaign, to speak ill of others? Instead of going to mourn the Queen, it would have been more commendable if he had gone to visit the families and orphans of the victims”. of Covid-19, and that he bought the vaccines at the right time “, punished the candidate.
The speech he gave this Sunday before his followers is not the only political statement by Jair Bolsonaro during his trip to the United Kingdom. In a video recorded at a British service station and broadcast by the correspondent of the World in Brazil Bruno Meyerfeld, Jair Bolsonaro praised the action of his government, assuring that the price of gasoline was lower in Brazil.
“Sources close to the presidency said that the decision to attend the funeral was influenced by the possibility of recording campaign images,” the newspaper revealed. OR State of São Paulomentioned by him guardian.
An evangelical pastor at his side in front of the queen’s coffin
Another approach that raised questions, the presence together with Jair Bolsonaro and his wife, Michelle, in front of the coffin of Isabel II, of the Brazilian Pentecostal pastor Silas Malafaia, recognized for his positions against feminism, homosexual marriage and ‘abortion’.
Finally, as Jair Bolsonaro spoke in the London borough of Mayfair on Sunday, several of his opponents rallied, demanding the intervention of British police forces to separate supporters of the Brazilian president from those punishing him.
Questions were raised on social media, with some wondering if London’s security forces had better things to do as world leaders gather in the British capital for the Queen’s funeral.
“What a shameful scene in a time of national mourning,” criticized British journalist Tom Philipps, backing up his comments with a video shot on Sunday showing a Jair Bolsonaro supporter pointing a middle finger at a camera.
Source: BFM TV
