Agriculture in Brazil will be a disaster if Lula da Silva adopts past measures, says Minister
Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Marcos Montes, said this Tuesday (Nov. 29) that if Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, progressive-globalist) adopts the same policies in agriculture as his previous governments, the result will be a “disaster”.
“We are working, presenting to the transition. We’ll do whatever we can, hoping it works out. Now, if it is his government in the past when I was a deputy, it will be a disaster,” he said.
Montes defended the need to implement policies so that the ministries of Agriculture and the Environment “walk together”. For the minister, Lula da Silva should follow the same attitude adopted by President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) in the sector.
“The names are good, what needs is the president [Lula da Silva] to pay attention to agro in the same way that President Bolsonaro did. Do not politicize the ministry, support the actions and defend the producer and not what is out there,” said the current minister of the area.
“He [Lula da Silva] is defending a lot of environmental issues, mainly what the European Union defends, we are doing our homework here much better than them,” stated Montes.
With information from Poder360
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