Without referring directly to Bolsonaro and naming him as “that citizen” known – according to him – for his repeated “offenses” against “democracy, women, blacks, governors”, Lula accused his predecessor of having tried to “perpetuate fascism” in Brazil and spend millions to try to get re-elected.
“You do not build a developed country on the ruins of hunger, attacks on democracy, lack of respect for human rights, and inequality of income, race, and gender,” declared the Brazilian president during the event in Brasilia.
Lula said he was “very proud” and optimistic about the future of his country since he is once again heading “a government that looks at the Brazilian people and wakes up early to take care of those who need it most, who in recent years were victims of the absence of government”.
The Brazilian president also alluded to the “coup attempt” perpetrated last January 8 by “a group of reactionaries and fascists” who “did not want to leave power, did not want to abide by the electoral result after the millions from the budget that were used to win the elections.”
“Brazil returned to cultivate harmony and republican coexistence among the three powers, Executive, Legislative, and Judicial, of which the greatest example was the quick reaction to the coup attempt of January 8.”
“The day after the barbarism, the three powers marched together from the Planalto Government Palace to the Supreme Court, passing through the National Congress to say loud and clear: ‘No to fascism, yes to democracy,'” said Lula da Silva.
Lula warned that in his country, “many people do not like the democracy that permeates here”.
Still, she admitted that he trusts that the response given by his Administration after the events of January 8 will mark his mandate and allow him to “continue rebuilding” Brazil.
He also regretted that social injustice continues to afflict Brazilian society.
“It is not possible, in the 21st century, in the first quarter of this century, that we know that slave labor still exists in this country, despite the fact that it was abolished on May 13, 1888″.
With information from Sputnik