Was Lula to blame for the relegation of the Acadêmicos de Niterói school, which came in last place in the Rio de Janeiro parade? And will this mess that the president paid for have a real impact on his election?
That the school in Niterói ran. It is quite common for those who rise one year to fall the following year, and that is what happened.
Until then, Lula doesn’t have much to blame for being honored by a modest school. In fact, it could have been much worse. If, for example, Janja had paraded, as was her wish until the last minute, the embarrassment would have stuck even more to the president.
But Lula encouraged the school, followed the parade, and allowed PT members to participate. The government also gave R$1 million to Acadêmicos de Niterói, and to all its competitors as well, so it’s not possible to say that the president was a mere spectator of everything.
For the president’s image, there are two things that are even worse than just his bad reputation: the first is the risk of action in the Electoral Court due to early campaigning and abuse of power.
Let’s remember that the TSE will have minister Nunes Marques as president during the election, and minister André Mendonça as vice president, both nominated by Jair Bolsonaro.
Another problem, perhaps even bigger, was with the parade itself, more specifically a wing that criticized conservative Brazilian families and
The government tried not to issue a receipt for the downgrade. Ministers and allies reinforced that the school was not a big deal and that in terms of plot,
The opposition is filled with hope that the failure of the school that honored Lula in Sapucaí is a harbinger of the president’s defeat in October.
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