The governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, compared President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to Getúlio Vargas on Monday, suggesting that both returned to power after they ruled for a long time, only to leave the country in “confusion”-in the case of Vargas, for taking their lives in 1954.
According to Tarcisio, the main name of the right quoted to run for the presidency in 2026 according to polls of voting intention, the next government is expected to emulate Juscelino Kubitschek, who succeeded Vargas with the famous plan “50 years in 5”.
“Behind we had a person who ruled Brazil for a long time, did a lot, which was Getúlio Vargas. [Após seu suicídio]the confusion is installed in Brazil. Here comes Juscelino Kubitschek, with the bold motto ’50 years in 5 ′. It drives industry, internalizes Brazil, and builds Brasilia not in five, but in three years, ”said the governor of São Paulo, in speech during a seminar promoted by the Esfera Brasil Group.
“An disruptive leader who implemented foundations to make the subsequent leap,” he continued. Not to mention his possible candidacy next year, he said that the new government should rescue JK: “I won’t be what will be the motto of the next government, but I know we need to make at least 40 years in 4”.
Remember JK
The government of Juscelino Kubitschek was marked by its developmental policy, designed in an economic program that set 31 goals to ensure Brazil’s economic development, with priority for basic, energy and transportation industry.
JK, who ended his mandate with high popularity and joined, in 1966, ahead, a movement headed by Carlos Lacerda for the redemocratization of the country, which also had former President João Goulart, overthrown by the coup in 1964.
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Juscelino died in a car accident on Via Dutra on August 22, 1976. In 2014, the National Truth Commission concluded that the death was accidental, but members of the São Paulo Municipal Truth Commission completed the opposite and stated that Juscelino Kubitschek was killed by the dictatorship.
