After the release of “a tragic period” and with Lula da Silva in power for 135 days, Ciro Gomes addresses the future of Brazil for the first time, which he looks at with great “questioning and uncertainty.” On a visit to Strasbourg and Lisbon, invited by the independent MEP Francisco Guerreiro, the former Brazilian presidential candidate does not spare criticism of Bolsonaro or Lula da Silva.
“Bolsonaro, who is an absolutely ridiculous figure, in terms of corruption, conceptual backwardness, personal behavior, anyway. I would say that there is a shocking summary of the vilest Brazilian contradictions, but it did not descend from Mars, it did not come from Venus, it is not from Jupiter or another galaxy, it was produced by the Brazilian social, economic and political moment, which is the economic debacle and social as a result of the corruption that Lula and the PT produced in Brazil”, he said. defends
With Bolsonaro leaving the scene, for now, of Brazilian politics, Ciro Gomes confesses his satisfaction at seeing Brazil get rid of “this caricature that killed thousands of people”, in a reference to the management of the former president during the pandemic. “Bolsonaro’s way of handling the pandemic was genocidal. I myself represented him in the Court in The Hague,” he underlines, criticizing the delay in responding to this process.
With political instability and a divided society, Lula came to power and the first months were not easy, beginning with the attack on the three powers in Brasilia. For Ciro Gomes, the first movements of the new government “are worrisome because they replicate exactly the same issues as Bolsonaro in the economy and politics.”
On the economic front, Ciro says the strategy is the same and he is concerned about “the highest interest rate on the planet.” “Lula maintains the same president, the same address as Bolsonaro at the Central Bank.” Furthermore, regarding politics, Ciro Gomes does not understand why Lula also reached an agreement with the president of the Chamber of Deputies “who was doing Bolsonaro’s job.” “The President of the Senate, among others, are strictly the same people.”
In this exclusive interview with TSF, Ciro Gomes analyzes the first months of Lula’s government and the balance is not positive. “44% of adults in Brazil, that is, almost half are in debt and ashamed, unemployment has already risen in the last four months, deforestation in the Amazon grew by 14% with the same period of Bolsonaro. toll when this diffuse hope affirmed by the victory against the delay that Bolsonaro represents Bolsonaro to dissipate and the real life of the people will demand “, he reveals.
Portugal, Brazil and Mercosur
On a visit to Lisbon, Ciro Gomes praises the History of Portugal and the Portuguese people and, in reference to one of the phrases from his presidential campaign, he still wants to see the quality of the Portuguese perspective in Brazil.
“Even before the limitations that force Portugal to play alongside the European Union, Brazil could go much deeper, but the lack of preparation of our elites, especially after the dictatorship, in which our political emergencies were overcome, now we are perplexed and we need to solve these problems, and Portugal is the one who can help us”, he believes, giving the example of policies that have been successful here, such as the decriminalization of drug use.
In addition, Ciro Gomes believes that Portugal can play an important role in the understanding between Brazil and the European Union regarding Mercosur, which is beginning to be renegotiated. The former Brazilian presidential candidate regrets that Brazil is experiencing “the worst deindustrialization” in the history of capitalism. “There are no precedents. The country in 1980 had 27% of GDP coming from industry, today it has 11%. There is nothing like it on planet earth ”, he refers.
Source: TSF
