Governors, former minister and Pacheco reject MST actions – 04/20/2023 – Power

The wave of invasions promoted by the MST (Movement of Landless Workers) in recent days was disapproved by governors and by the president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), during an event in London organized by the Lide group.

Rejection even came from left-wing politicians, such as the governor of Espírito Santo, Renato Casagrande (PSB).

“When the movement occupies an Embrapa headquarters, it loses political support, or when it occupies an Incra headquarters. The moment demands a reflection from the movement and a more accelerated process in the area of ​​agrarian policy”, he stated.

The governor of Rio, Cláudio Castro (PL), stated that the invasions have a clear political meaning, and not an expectation of obtaining real conquests.

“They [MST] they have to review what they want. It doesn’t seem to make any sense to invade a productive area, because it is logical that they will be removed from there. It seems to me to be much more a political action than having a practical result,” he said.

Emedebist Helder Barbalho, governor of Pará, said that it is necessary to combine the fight against illegalities with land reform policies.

“It is essential for Brazil to have peace of mind in the countryside, legal security, land ownership. On the one hand, any illegality must be fought. On the other hand, the Brazilian government must institute, together with the states, land reform policies that not only guarantee land, but also allow production for these localities”, he declared.

Another left-wing politician, former Minister of the Environment Izabella Teixeira, from the Dilma Rousseff government, stated that there must be rationality and political dialogue. “It needs rationality, political interlocution, but without invading public land, property,” she said.

Pacheco, in turn, stated that invasions are against the law, “and anything that is contrary to the law must be curbed and avoided.”

“The government is committed to suppressing this type of attitude and seeking to sit at the table in order to be able to negotiate,” he said.

The Lide event, an entity created by former governor João Doria, would also have the presence of the Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, but he had to cancel his participation because he was summoned by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to discuss the crisis generated by the MST invasions.

Journalist Fábio Zanini traveled at the invitation of Lide.