In editorial published this Monday (2), the newspaper The State of S. Paulo He made harsh criticism of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT), accusing him of using public works in the Northeast as an electoral stage and presenting himself as a kind of divine envoy.
Implicitly entitled with the expression “prophet of araque”, the text bears the petista’s rhetoric during recent events in the inauguration of excerpts from the transposition of the São Francisco River.
According to the editorial, Lula transforms government actions into campaign acts and uses a messianic language to promote his image among the poorest electorate.
The newspaper cites O in Cachoeira dos Índios (PB), where Lula stated that “God left the backlands without water because he knew I was going to be president of the Republic and that I was going to bring water here.”
For the EstadãoThis type of statement symbolizes a “populism adorned with religious references” and reveals a “gross” president, concerned with recovering popularity and ensuring support for the 2026 dispute.
The newspaper also states that, even in the face of wear with part of the northeastern electorate, Lula insists on “governing the stage.”
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The criticism of Estadão It occurs at a time when the disapproval of the president reaches his highest rate since the beginning of his term.
According to research Latam Pulse, from Atlasintel in partnership with the Bloombergreleased last Friday (30), 53.7% of Brazilians disapprove of Lula’s performance, while 45.4% approve.
The survey also pointed out that the negative assessment of the government increased after the release of a fraud scheme at the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), which shook the image of the petista administration. Corruption was perceived as the country’s main problem, overcoming crime.
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“Lula remembers the docile audience of chosen militants and residents at a finger that the work in question has been expected for 179 years,” says the text, which also points to the president’s insistence on promising facilitated credit, cheap cooking gas and motorcycle financing at public events.
The editorial maintains that the president and his allies cultivate the idea that “Brazil revolves around Lula” and that his figure would be essential to rid the country of “greatest evil”, pockets. The newspaper mocked this reasoning as part of the “Lulocentric Theory.”
In an acid tone, the text concludes that, even with meritorious initiatives, such as social programs, the petista government charges a high price in the form of demagogy and inefficiency.
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“The PT of Lula, who has been in power in 15 of the last 22 years, has proven simply unable to perform the miracles that his prophet of Fancaria announces,” concludes the newspaper.
