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President said that “drug dealers are victims of users too” when speaking to journalists in Jakarta, Indonesia
Opposition congressmen criticized this Friday (24.Oct.2025) the (PT) that “drug dealers are victims of users too”. The PT member said this during an interview with journalists in Jakarta (Indonesia). He spoke ofThe actions of the Donald Trump (Republican Party) government in the Caribbean Sea, close to Venezuela.
“Every time we talk about fighting drugs, it would probably be easier for us to fight our addicts internally, the users. The users are responsible for the drug dealers, who are victims of the users too”stated Lula.
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The president’s speech provoked immediate reactions from the opposition:
- Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG), – “Lula has just announced that drug dealers are victims of users. At the rate he is going, soon the PCC [Primeiro Comando da Capital] becomes an NGO”;
- Ciro Nogueira (PP-PI), – “Traffickers are victims of users, robbers are victims of the robbed, murderers are victims of the dead, rapists are victims of the raped and so on. President Lula, the victim is the Brazilian people of this vision in which the victims are guilty and the guilty are victims”;
- Carlos Jordy (PL-RJ), – stated that the president should undergo a mental health examination;
- Sóstenes Cavalcante (PL-RJ), – condemned Lula’s speech, accusing him of defending those who destroy families and spread violence, and stated that the country needs justice, not the romanticization of drug trafficking;
- Hamilton Mourão (Republicanos-RS), – criticized Lula and the left for “romanticize o crime”, stating that speeches that treat drug traffickers as victims weaken the country’s security and values.
