Nelson de Sá
Beijing, China (Folhapress) – It happens two weeks before Indonesian president’s trip to Brazil for the BRICS group summit and then for a bilateral visit.
The country was announced last January by the Brazilian government as the newest full member of the bloc, which also has China and Russia, among others. It has “the largest population and the largest economy in Southeast Asia”, emphasized Itamaraty in the statement. The country has 281 million inhabitants -Brazil has 212 million, according to the latest estimate of IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics).
After death, the tone of Lula (PT) management was already another, claiming to have charged the rescue of the Indonesian government “at the highest level”, a reference, presumed, to President Prabowo himself.
Echoed the thousands of Brazilians who flooded the comments of Prabowo’s profile on Instagram, in recent days, with even stronger charge. They questioned him directly for the supposed slowness in the rescue and the alleged presentation of false information to the family.
In response to the pressures, a presidential palace authority appeared on Tuesday (24) to say that Prabowo was “worried” about the young Brazilian. That does not only pay attention to “macro things”, but also to individuals, to what is “from person to person.”
Also to expressly ensure that those who “ask for the president’s attention through social media” were being heard. Prabowo would be monitoring online orders from both Brazilians and Indonesians, and would have sent a team to the province of Nusa Tenggara Western.
It was the governor of the province who commanded the rescue operation, but the focus of the Brazilians settled in the president-which is former army general and former defense minister. The episode is an unexpected shock for a relationship that Brazil had been looking for for a long time.
Previous President Joko Widodo was resistant to a greater international role for Indonesia. Prabowo, who had his support to elect, is the opposite. Not only accepted the BRICS invitation, but traveled to China and Russia, was willing to be a protagonist in the new multipolar board.
The bond with Brazil promised to be as large as that of Asian partners – less in the Brazilian plan to make a defense front of tropical forests, headed by both, to pressure the countries developed for resources against deforestation.
With the confirmation of death, the tone in social media of Brazilians increased in aggressiveness and accusation, referring to that ten years ago, when Indonesia performed a Brazilian trafficker, generating open revolt in social media – and also among politicians, including then President Dilma Rousseff.
Prabowo may be rethinking the trip, but there is still no evidence that he will give up being in the BRICS summit.
