Asking for explanations from the Foreign Minister, Deputy Marcel Van Hattem stated that the gesture shows that Brazilian diplomacy was used for party propaganda
The Foreign Relations Commission of the House of Representatives approved, on Wednesday (9), the call of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to provide clarification on the visit of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) to former president Argentina in July. Two motions of repudiation were also accepted by the collegiate.
“By prioritizing contact with a figure condemned for corruption and deliberately ignoring the acting government of Argentina, the President of the Republic opted for an ideological and revanchist gesture,” said Federal Deputy Marcel Van Hattem (Novo-RS), author of the application, in scoring that Lula and Mauro Vieira did not meet Javier Milei, the current president.
The parliamentarian also stated that the visit characterizes a “disrespect for the Argentine judiciary” and “a political and ideological gesture that not only weakens the fight against corruption at the regional level, but also compromises the institutional credibility of Brazil.” Kirchner was sentenced to six years in prison for corruption in June this year and lost political rights. He visited Kirchner when he went to the Mercosur summit on July 3 in Argentina. The meeting lasted about 50 minutes and needed the local judiciary.
The president defended Cristina Kirchner, stating “knowing what it is to be a victim of judicial persecution.” For Van Hattem, “such a statement, in addition to ignoring the legitimacy of the judicial process conducted by the Argentine institutions, relativizes the severity of the crimes by which Kirchner was convicted and contributes to disinform public opinion on the facts.”
In asking for explanations from Mauro Vieira, the deputy stated that the gesture shows that Brazilian diplomacy was used for party propaganda, “defending a revisionist narrative of the Latin American left.” According to him, the objective of Itamaraty should be “representing the permanent interests of the state, not of governments, parties or circumstantial leaders. Itamaraty must be guided by sobriety, neutrality, legality and focus on national interest, never by selective solidarity motivated by ideological affinities”.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Carol Santos
