The President of the Republic, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said on Sunday, 3, that he “did not forget” what happened to him during Operation Lava Jato, which culminated in his arrest for 580 days in the jail of the Federal Police in Curitiba. However, he said he will not rule with “hatred” or sorrows.
“I didn’t forget what happened to me at Lava Jato, but I can’t go back to rule with a hurt heart, hatred, trying to take revenge on anyone. No, I was elected to rule for these people,” said Lula, during a speech at the 17th PT National Meeting in Brasilia.
The agent said that after the government of former President Getúlio Vargas, the PT led the largest social inclusion policies in Brazil’s history.
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About the bill that increased the number of federal deputies, he said he vetoed because that is not what the country needs now.
Health for the 2026 elections
Lula added that to be a candidate in 2026, he needs to be 100% health. He said he would never decide to be a candidate for the same thing to happen to former US President Joe Biden, who insisted on disputing the elections and was eventually replaced by his deputy, Kamala Harris.
The petista said he will be a candidate “to win” and wants opponents to know that.
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Criticism of Eduardo Bolsonaro and opposition
Lula also stated that the opposition is “cheating on the Brazilian people”, referring to the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, who went to the United States to argue that the country to target Brazil products.
The President of the Republic also said that he wants to “rescue” the national flag and the national team’s t -shirt, which are used as symbols by the pockets.
Chairs in Congress
Earlier, at the beginning of the speech, Lula argued that in the next elections the PT seek more chairs in the National Congress. And he talked about the importance of having a solid majority in the legislature. “If it depends only on us or those who support us, we do not approve anything in Congress. When I send a Provisional Measurement MP, I know the number of votes I have,” he said.
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In his speech, Lula stated that in the last elections the PT elected only 70 of the 513 deputies. “It’s a lot of difference. If the PT was as good as we think we are, we would have elected at least 140 in 2022.”
Nevertheless, the president also stated that even in the midst of the adverse composition of the congress managed to approve the tax reform.
Attendance
At the beginning of his speech, Lula mentioned the presence of Delúbio Soares and José Dirceu, who were the target of lawsuits associated with the monthly scandal and Lava Jato investigations, but obtained acquittal by the Supreme Court (STF).
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“No one has forgotten the theory of the dominance of the fact, we just don’t talk about it,” said the President of the Republic, in reference to the legal thesis led to justify the conviction of the petistas in that action.
Lula also stated that the PT is always the first or second place in the elections since the country resumed the right to vote for president, but it is necessary to notice errors that were made “not to repeat them.”
