During a debate on the book “”, held this Thursday (30), in Brasília, the minister () extolled the virtues of democracy. She said that it is the nature of this political system that it is not stable, but stated that Brazilian women, in particular, were unable to overcome dehumanization – “nobody”, she recalled, citing a concept by sociologist Darcy Ribeiro.
“The New Republic may not have delivered this, a majority commitment, which does not tolerate any type of ‘no one'”, he stated, arguing that greater deliveries would not be possible without a change of mentality.
The debate was mediated by professor and newspaper columnist Rodrigo Tavares, who organized the book alongside journalists Flávia Lima and Naief Haddad. The work is a collection of 40 articles written in Sheet throughout the 40 years of democracy, accompanied by another 40 commentary articles.
In addition to the minister, Ana Flavia Magalhães Pinto, professor in the history department at the University of Brasília (UnB), participated in the debate; Marcos Terena, indigenous leader; and Vinicius Mota, Editorial Secretary of Sheet.
Terena highlighted the Brazilian State’s difficulty in carrying out the demarcation of indigenous territories — something he attributes to a lack of listening. “The New Republic did not have time to talk to us and therefore had no responsibility for this issue.”
Ana Flávia recalled the police operation in Rio de Janeiro that, targeting drug trafficking, killed 121 people this Tuesday (28), in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the deadliest in the country’s history.
“It is very complicated for us to say that we are living in a democracy when the majority of the Brazilian population does not even have guaranteed humanity”, stated the professor at the University of Brasília.
The counterpoint came from the Editorial Secretary of SheetVinicius Mota. “In my assessment, the New Republic delivered what it could deliver: an instrument for self-government,” he said. “In democracy, we are the ones who have to organize ourselves to make things move forward.”
He recognized that all these aspirations — demarcations of indigenous lands, an end to police brutality — are urgent, and that we shouldn’t be talking about them 40 years later, but he argued that the laws are fully reformable.
The Minister of the Environment stated that, in addition to establishing a map to implement decisions from previous years, the climate conference, which will take place in November, in the city of Pará, should address national emissions reduction targets, the NDCs.
“Unfortunately, so far there are just over 60 countries that have presented their NDCs and they will probably not be aligned with the target [de não aquecimento da terra acima] of 1.5 °C”, he said. “In addition to the mandated themes, there is no way not to address the NDCs [metas de redução de emissões de países] insufficient”, said the minister.
Marina also stated that the conference suffered from what she classified as “extortion” in accommodation prices.
“Usually the increase is a maximum of 5 times more, in Pará it reached 15 times more,” he said.
She stated that the federal and state governments have launched all the means at their disposal to resolve the problem within the law, but that the available mechanisms are not quick.
