Founder of the and father of one of the movement’s main national leaders, farmer Valmir Rodrigues Chaves, 68, known as Bill, appears in a video alongside the Minister of Agrarian Development, during a visit to a settlement in Euclides da Cunha Paulista (SP), on Saturday (31).
President of the Pontal Peasant Cooperative and one of the pioneers who occupied Gleba 15 in 1983, he says he is a friend of Teixeira and contrary to his resignation. Thus, the eldest son, João Paulo Rodrigues, national coordinator of the Movement, agrarian.
“I believe he [Teixeira] It is well-meaning, it supports us as it can. His ministry that doesn’t have much resource, the blanket is short, “says Bill. He says he has known the minister for 30 years.” If you take it, who will put who? “
For the farmer, the MST has different opinions about the minister’s departure. “There are people who think he has to leave, but we here at Pontal, we don’t find it.” He says he doesn’t usually talk about it with his son.
Teixeira has been facing hard opposition from the main national leaders of the MST, who charge their resignation. On Friday (30), during a hearing in the City Hall of Votuporanga (SP), militants of the movement sang a
According to people near Teixeira, the opposition that suffers the MST is not unanimous and it retains support in much of the movement. The minister posted the conversation with Bill and other representatives of the entity at Pontal on his social networks.
In the visit to the settlement, the minister and Bill spoke friendly. Teixeira went to the venue to know a pilot project to transfer embryos in the breeding of Gir cattle. Bill said a calf was baptized with the name of “Teixeira 10”, in what would be a tribute to the minister.
According to Bill, the author of the tribute is a farmer who could not be present at that time. “The minister really liked the project, said he will support us,” he said.
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