The president () stated this Friday (19) that he will give a “beating to anyone who thinks that the extreme right will govern this country again”.
“Let them come! Let them come! Because we are going to challenge, not with words, not with insults. I want to compare what they did in this country with what we did. I want to compare who has more in health, who has more in education, who has more in transport, who has more in social inclusion policy. I want to know.”
The PT member participated in the Christmas celebration for collectors at ExpoCatadores 2025, at the Anhembi exhibition pavilion, in . The event brought together collectors, cooperatives, experts, international organizations and representatives of federal, state and municipal governments.
“, but if they knew how excited I am to govern this country, they wouldn’t joke. They wouldn’t joke. Because I tell everyone: do you know why I won’t grow old? Because I have a cause”, stated Lula. “So get ready[m], [por]that I want to live to be 120 years old, and we’re going to have many years of fighting.”
In reference to the government of the former president (), he said that the country cannot allow the “fascist, denialist extreme right, responsible for the deaths of more than 700 thousand people”, to govern the country again, with “lying on the internet”.
“For the first time in the history of this country, we have one. For the first time in this country, we have four four-star generals arrested in this country for the attempted coup. For the attempt to make a plan to kill Lula, to kill Alckmin and to kill Alexandre Moraes.”
He also said again that he must veto the fur (Supreme Federal Court) in the cases of January 8 and the coup plot. “With all due respect to the deputies and senators who voted for the sentence reduction law, I want to tell you: I will veto this law. And if they want, they can overturn my veto.”
“We have to teach these people to respect. I lost three in this country. I lost elections and returned home. I was preparing for another one. There was never a rise in us attempting a coup. We never tried to take power by storm. They have to learn that [n]Democracy wins whoever has the most votes.”
In addition to Lula, the first lady, Rosângela da Silva, and authorities such as the minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, were present; the Minister of Finance; the Minister of Health; and the Minister of Management and Innovation, .
Tipped to run for the Government of São Paulo in 2026 and under shouts of governor, Haddad criticized the administrations of the mayor () and governor () in São Paulo.
The minister said it would be difficult to work in Brasília without “a committed mayor, a mayor with a specific perspective, a governor with sensitivity, who doesn’t send the police to beat the people, who pays attention to people, who creates a decent work environment.”
