Brazil’s presidential candidate for the Workers’ Party (PT), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, denounced the prevailing climate of hatred at a political rally in Sao Paulo this Saturday after learning of a second political assassination attempt this Friday.
The former president expressed at the big event in Taobao da Serra that the government must guarantee people opportunities to achieve their goals.
He also blamed current President Jair Bolsonaro for the death of logger Benito Cardoso dos Santos at the hands of one of his supporters in Rio de Janeiro, which the former head of state considered abnormal and unacceptable.
In this sense, he avoided saying that “the Brazilian people deserve a fraternal government without hate speech, which strives for the well-being of all and guarantees food on the plate every day”.
He added that the nation must reclaim life, smile, feel free and move forward together to restore public safety, social justice and well-being.
The murder of Cardoso dos Santos in Rio de Janeiro comes on the heels of a similar murder committed two months ago in Mato Grosso; and the threats to which left-wing leaders and candidates, defenders of the PT leader’s ideas, have fallen prey.
By the way, under the motto “Hope will overcome fear”, which Lula also uses in his race for the presidential elections, this Saturday (10th) popular movements and trade union centers organized actions in defense of the PT and against Jair Bolsonaro (PL ) in at least 24 cities of the country.
Grouped by the Central of Popular Movements (CMP), the World March of Women (MMM), the Movement of Rural Landless Workers (MST), the Movement of Homeless Workers and the Union of Blacks for Equality (Unegro), demonstrations took place in Maceió (AL), Salvador (BA), Fortaleza (CE) and João Pessoa (PB).
Among other similar ones in Manaus (AM), Belém (PA), Brasilia (DF), Campo Grande (MS), Vitória (ES), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), São Paulo (SP) and Florianópolis (SC) ; as a call to defend democracy and overcome hunger, unemployment and inequality in the South American country”.