In the second interview with the European press he gave this week, President Luiz Inácio da Silva (PT) declared to the German magazine Der Spiegel that it is necessary to “accept the result” when asked about a possible victory for the senator (-RJ) in October.
arrives on Sunday (19) in , where the Hannover Industrial Fair opens, with Brazil as a guest country, and will also visit Portugal on Tuesday (21).
“When the people make a decision, whether right, left or center, we have to accept the result”, he declared to journalists from the magazine in Brasília, and then used himself as an example. “I never imagined that a metalworker, a union leader like I was, would be elected three times to the Presidency. But here I am.”
The most recent opinion polls, including that of Datafolha, show that the son of the former president, sentenced to 27 years for an attempted coup d’état, .
Afterwards, asked if he was not afraid of Brazil “relapsing into authoritarianism”, Lula declared that the country “will continue to be democratic”. “Besides, we will win this election.” The president also added that there is no place for “fascists, for people who don’t believe in democracy” in Brazil.
“This right-wing ideology that dominates the world has no future. Instead of ideas, it only spreads hatred and lies.”
The president, according to the magazine, was “evasive” when responding about his participation in the election, in which he will seek a fourth term. Lula responded “it depends”, citing the PT party convention that will discuss “the main names”. “I’m preparing for this. My head and body are 100% in shape. I want to be 120!”
Lula also commented on the recent defeats of the left in , highlighting that the alternation of power is “the most wonderful thing about democracy”, and repeated again that the dictatorships of and were issues to be resolved internally, by his voters.
The president said he considers it “regrettable” that Juan Guaidó defended him as head of state in Venezuela “when he took power in a coup.”
As he had already done this week in , Lula took advantage of the international audience to make strong criticisms of the American president, who “was not elected emperor of the world”, a phrase that became the title of the Spiegel report, when commenting on the devastating effects of the conflict on global markets.
He also did not spare the Russian president, unlike last year, when he participated in the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Moscow.
“Just as Putin did not have the right to invade , Trump does not have the right to intervene in Venezuela or threaten Cuba,” he declared.
Regarding the tight skirt provoked by , , in November, Lula, whether planned or not, ended up making a provocation. When explaining why he had recommended to the German Prime Minister to eat in a bar in the capital of Pará, the president recalled that he ate a sausage at a street stall in Berlin the last time he visited Angela Merkel.
The former prime minister and Merz, despite belonging to the same party, the CDU, are disaffected.
