Before being honored at Marquês de Sapucaí this Sunday (15), President Luiz Inácio da Silva (PT) inaugurated an emergency center in a hospital and said that 2026 will be the year to destroy the lie.
Lula participated in the inauguration ceremony of an emergency center at the Cardoso Fontes Federal Hospital, in Jacarepaguá, southwest of Rio.
He arrived at the hospital accompanied by the mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes (PSD), minister Alexandre Padilha (Health) and other authorities, such as minister Anielle Franco (Racial Equality) and former Minister of Health Nisia Trindade.
“This is the year in which we can say the following: Brazil found itself and the truth will destroy the lie that was told in this country for so long […] Whoever lies, you have to unmask. You can’t see a lie on your cell phone and make it cheap. Because lies lead us to violence”, said the president in his 17-minute speech.
Lula also said that people need to check their cell phones less, where they are “looking for bad news.”
“You get up at 5am, what do you do? Take your cell phone. You get up, go to bed at midnight, take your cell phone. But, guys, can’t you give your husband a cuddle or a wife a cuddle, instead of picking up your cell phone? The first thing I do when I wake up is give my wife a little cuddle. I don’t go on my cell phone, the cell phone stays until after 8 a.m.,” he said.
Lula defended his government’s social projects, such as exemption from IR (Income Tax) for those who receive up to R$5,000 per month and the delivery of gas to 15.5 million families.
In the evening, the president, after having participated in Galo da Madrugada, in Recife, and Carnival in Salvador, this Saturday (14). The samba school parades will open with a presentation about the PT member.
The debutant of the Special Group brings the plot “From the top of the mulungu comes hope: Lula, the worker in Brazil”. The composition exalts the president’s trajectory and features excerpts such as the war cry “olê, olê, olá, Lula! Lula!”.
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The order does not apply to First Lady Rosângela Lula da Silva, who will be. She does not hold a position in the federal government, although she appears on agendas alongside her husband.
In a unanimous decision, the (Superior Electoral Court) for early electoral propaganda against the president, the PT and Academicos de Niterói.
The case’s rapporteur, Estela Aranha, appointed to the electoral court by Lula, assessed that previously restricting artistic and cultural manifestations due to possible political content would constitute “prior, indirect censorship and disproportionate restriction on democratic debate”.
The president of the TSE, , issued a warning on the same occasion. She said that Carnival cannot be a “window” for electoral crimes and that there is a “very concrete, plausible risk that something illegal will happen” in the case, which would be analyzed by the Electoral Court.
“It doesn’t seem like a scene of white sand on a beach. It looks more like quicksand. Whoever enters, enters knowing that they could sink”, stated the president of the TSE.
Lula’s collaborators admitted to Sheetsubject to reservation, concern about the repercussions of the parade. In addition to the risk of the school’s relegation and booing along the way, they believe it is unnecessary wear and tear, with no political return.
