President of the Republic participated in the PSB National Convention and preached union of the left next year; Petista also defended Moraes and criticized US unilateralism
The President (PT) participated this Sunday (1st) of the National Convention of, who officialized the name of the mayor of Recife, as new president of the party. At the event, Lula criticized the “far right”, defended the strengthening of democratic institutions and again aimed at the former president of the United States ,. During the speech, the petista stated that the election of senators on the left in 2026 will be essential to contain the advance of the far right.
“We need to earn a majority in the Senate, otherwise these guys will advance the Supreme Court. It’s not because the Supreme Court is a sweet apple. It’s because we need to preserve the institutions that guarantee the exercise of democracy in this country. If these guys elect most senators, they will make a ‘muvuca’ in this country,” said the president. Lula also stated that if he depends on him, the “far right” will not return to power. “If I’m handsome the way I’m, in love the way I’m and motivated the way I’m, the far right does not go back to rule this country,” he said, causing laughter from the audience.
The president also reacted to statements by the US senator, who defended sanctions to foreign authorities that censor American. There are in Brazil the feeling that the United States is aiming at the Supreme Court Minister. Lula classified the possible sanction as interference in the internal affairs of Brazil.
“They want to criticize Brazilian justice because Moraes wants to arrest a guy who is there in the US doing something against Brazil all day. I never criticized their justice, even with so many wars and deaths that provoke,” said Lula. He also accused Donald Trump of trying to weaken international cooperation. “Trump wants to end multilateralism and create unilateralism. We no longer want Cold War. We want free trade and sovereignty of each country,” he said.
A nods to Congress and the PSB
The president made a political gesture to the mayor, (Republicans-PB), present at the Convention, amid the impasse between the Plateau and the Congress on IOF changes. “Regardless of the party you belong to, your election as mayor is a demonstration that among many bad things, good things begin to happen,” he said.
Lula also praised his relationship with the PSB and the former governor of Pernambuco Eduardo Campos, father of João Campos. “Very petista minister was jealous of our relationship,” he joked. Eduardo Campos was Minister of Science and Technology in Lula’s first term and died in a plane crash in 2014 when he was a candidate for the presidency.
João Campos, in turn, defended the maintenance of the Lula-Alckmin plate for 2026 and stated that the definitions of any federations should take place by October. “The ideal for the left is to attract the center, not to push it to the right,” said the new PSB president. Vice President Geraldo Alckmin also attended the event. In his speech, he stated that “if they get lost the election tried to blow, imagine if they had won.”
Posted by Felipe Dantas
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