The president () sent a video for the opening of the 8th PT Congress, held this Friday (24), in which he calls for the reform of institutions and feasible proposals from his party.
“No one has defended the institutions as Brazil has defended. Do they need reforms? They do. From the UN to Brazil’s internal institutions need reform. But it is important that we speak very clearly so that the people know what we want”, he said.
The party meeting marks the presentation of the PT manifesto, a text with guidelines to guide the party’s work. This year, this was reinforced by PT president, Edinho Silva, during his speech.
Initially, the discussion in the party was about approving a text that cited “promiscuity between judges and businesspeople”. Now, the tendency is for “self-correction mechanism” to be defended in the text.
The speeches were broadcast during the opening of the event held in .
Lula only usually participates in the last day of the Congress, scheduled for Sunday (26). This time, however, there is a possibility that he will not attend, or will only participate remotely, as he is under care after having a scalp injury this Friday.
In the video sent, Lula said he had read the text of the manifesto and agreed with the decided content. “I think the document has good content, but it’s important that we take it seriously because we have to promise things that we have the ability and ability to do. Because whoever is in government has to, as a great weapon to win, show what they’ve done.”
“We have to show very clearly, but a serious proposal, that is something feasible, that we can execute. Because otherwise, we keep promising and the guy asks ‘why didn’t you do it?'”
The criticism of the Judiciary comes at a time of strain on the STF (Supreme Federal Court), after the Banco Master fraud scandal showed the connection of court ministers with the case.
Since then, Lula has taken a more distant stance, a change in the tone previously used by the president, who used to only defend the Supreme Court as an institution.
In an interview at the beginning of the month, he said that ministers .
On this first night, the event paid tribute to PT activists Clara Charf and Sonia Braga.
The meeting was attended by the vice-president of the Republic, , and PT ministers, such as Márcia Lopes (Women) and (Health) and former members of the administration, such as Nísia Trindade, Carlos Lupi and Márcio Macêdo.
In a speech on Friday night, Alckmin, who is affiliated with , used the moment to reiterate his loyalty to Lula in the race for re-election this year. At the end of March, the PT member, after speculation that the president would choose another name for vice.
