Hours after Justice Minister Flávio Dino praised police for dismantling a plan by the First Command of the Capital (PCC), the largest criminal organization in Latin America, to kidnap and execute Sergio Moro and other public agents , decided Lula da Silva suspected the operation. “It was a set-up by Moro,” the head of state, the minister and the police said discouragingly. The phrase has recently been seen by the President of the Republic as a gaffe – yet another one. The opposition benefited, the council members called for restraint and the analysts ruled: Lula talks too much.
“By bickering with Sérgio Moro, Lula takes advantage of and sheds light on his greatest personal enemy,” said Eliane Cantanhêde, a commentator for Globenews. “He talks too much and inappropriately, shows emotional instability because of his age and everything he’s been through in prison.” “Lula’s third term feels entitled to say what he wants whether anyone suggests it or not,” he concluded.
For Celso Rocha de Barros, columnist for the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, “Lula should forget Moro”. “[Lula] You already defeated him. Moro threw away what was left of his dignity, reputation, professional respectability and right not to be treated as a far-right militant when he supported Jair Bolsonaro in the runoff election. Was it worth giving these guys the stage to return to prime time at your expense, Lula? You don’t know!” “Forget the war you’ve already won and focus on the war that the Brazilian people are still losing: the struggle to rebuild Brazil after this disaster,” he concluded.
For Dora Kramer, in the same newspaper, the country has seen “a Lula with a knife between his teeth, affected by age, by the influence of an environment less qualified than that of 2003 and, above all, by the resentment arising from the allegations , the convictions, the incarceration, of personal loss”. For the columnist, “in the spirit of today, the ‘comeback’ factor also counts in stimulating primitive instincts”.
Tales Faria, a journalist for the UOL portal, says Lula’s criticism helps “keep Moro in the spotlight.” “Even after a stint in Congress was ‘expired’, Moro was on the scene and had become a ‘Zé Nobody’, but he was resurrected by Lula, either it’s stupidity or it’s such an intelligent gesture that I can’t to understand”.
To make matters worse, Lula’s line about “Moro’s ruse” appeared the day after an interview by the president of the republic on the left-wing website Brasil 247, in which he shared the thought that came to his mind the most in prison: ” I just thought ” I’ll be fine if I fuck this Moro.” “Lula dropped the ball and went over the line” by using this kind of language, continues Faria. “This ultimately prompts Bolsonarists to say that he is encouraging the PCC against Moro and against former President Jair Bolsonaro”.
Before the attack on the former Lava Jato judge, Lula had targeted Roberto Campos Neto, the Central Bank president appointed during the Bolsonaro administration who insists on keeping interest rates in the country at 13.75%, the highest in the world. The public struggle resulted in interest rates being kept at the same level by the Monetary Policy Committee, a body Campos Neto is a part of, to resist pressure from the Planalto. “Lula talks too much and this is even reflected in the Central Bank issue, there was a breakdown in the communications team,” Tales Faria warned.
In short, according to fellow journalist Reinaldo Azevedo, “Lula needs to change the way he interacts with the public and speak less.” The Folha columnist, like others, argues that the relaunch of the “Bolsa Família”, “Minha Casa, Minha Vida” and “Mais Médicos” aid programs, the rapid response to the tragedy of the Yanomami people, the recovery of the international prestige and the fierce confrontation with the attempted coup d’état on 8 January in Brasilia have been pushed into the background by rhetorical excesses.
The criticism of Lula’s statements does not stop with the press and the opposition. Allies of the more radicalized left have accused the president of expressing biased opinions about women – “do you want to hit a woman? Go hit somewhere else, but not in your house or in Brazil, because we can’t accept that anymore.” -, to indigenous peoples – referring to the indigenous peoples of the country as “Indians”, which is considered offensive -, to vegans – by promising “the picanha on the plate of Brazilians” in a campaign -, and even to obese people – “obesity causes as much harm as hunger, which is why Flávio Dino even rides a bicycle,” he said, embarrassing his overweight justice minister once again.
THE MISTAKES
“I think it’s a set-up by Moro. I want to be careful, I’ll find out what happened, but it’s clear it’s a set-up by Moro”
Concerning statement about police operation to dismantle plan to execute Senator
“I am aware that Lava Jato was part of a collaboration between the Brazilian Prosecutor’s Office, the Brazilian Federal Police and the US justice system”
Accusation, without evidence, to the Brazilian and American states
“It won’t be alright until I fuck this Moro”
Revelation, in an interview with a left-wing website, about what was going through his mind in prison
“Why does this citizen [Roberto Campos Neto] who has not been chosen for anything, thinks he has the power to decide things? And he even says that “he will think about how to help Brazil”. No, you don’t have to think about how to help Brazil, you have to think about how to lower interest rates (…) this country cannot be held hostage by one man.”
Attack on the central bank president
“He’s a bit ignorant, with that rough way of his, of capiau [labrego] from the interior of São Paulo”
Attack, still in the campaign, on Bolsonaro who insulted those who, like the former president, were born in the interior of São Paulo
“Today we have a president who has not shed a tear for the victims of Covid or the catastrophe that happened in Petrópolis, he has no feelings, he does not like people, he only loves the police”
Attack, still campaigning, on Bolsonaro insulting police
“If we mapped out every deputy’s address and there were 50 people in his house, not to swear, to talk to him, to his wife, to his son, to disturb his peace of mind, it would be a lot more effect than do. the demonstration in Brasilia”
Statement against opponents who sounded the threat
Source: DN
