During the certification ceremony of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, progressive-globalist), held on Monday, Dec. 12, minister Benedito Gonçalves of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), addressed the president of the Court, Minister Alexandre de Moraes, and said the following: “Mission given is mission accomplished.”
These words from the judge who oversaw the first round of Brazil’s presidential election, were obviously meant only for Moraes’ ears, but since he had not turned off the microphone, it was audible to others as well.
The statement was made shortly after Moraes asked Justice Ricardo Lewandowski and Gonçalves to bring the president-elect and his vice-president, Geraldo Alckmin (PSB), to the TSE plenary.
Moraes delivered the certificates. At the beginning of the ceremony, while everyone present sang the National Anthem, Lula da Silva drank water.
“By the will of the Brazilian people expressed in the ballot box, candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected president of the Republic of Brazil,” said Moraes as he handed the document to the future chief executive.
Upon receiving the certificate, Lula da Silva said he “regained the right to live in a democracy in this country.”
Many Brazilians see this sentence as an affront because they see him, Lula da Silva, as the greatest danger to democracy. Click here to learn why.
“At my first graduation, in 2002, I was honored to receive the diploma,” he stressed. “I was always questioned for not having a university degree.”
The attitude of the PT leader generated criticism on social networks. For some internet users, the act of drinking water during the National Anthem is disrespectful.
(Lula da Silva drinks water)
“The lack of respect is so great that this does not cause astonishment,” a Twitter user wrote.
“He does not commit the country, so much so that he is not even capable of waiting a few minutes to drink water because he makes a point of making the rite of the National Anthem irrelevant to him,” argued one opponent.
According to Lula da Silva, “few times in the history of Brazil” has democracy been threatened. “The Brazilian people chose love instead of hate,” he said.
‘YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SLAP MY FACE’ INTIMACY
Months ago, Gonçalves and Lula showed that they have an astonishing intimacy with each other.
Atendendo a um pedido do PT, o corregedor da Justiça Eleitoral, Benedito Gonçalves, proibiu Bolsonaro de usar imagens do 7 de Setembro em campanhas. Na posse de Moraes no TSE, Lula e Gonçalves, indicado pelo petista ao STJ, se encontraram: pic.twitter.com/2esb55edRR
— Clayton Ubinha (@clayton_ubinha) September 12, 2022
The image of the conversation between the minister and the president-elect circulated on social networks.
“I’m going to call; you can let me,” Gonçalves said to the Lula da Silva. Another part of the statement is inaudible.