If we are going to govern thinking about negative reviews, it is better to give up

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reiterated that his optimism “is not exaggerated” and that, on the contrary, it is necessary to govern with confidence. According to the president, if management focuses on what the market and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) think and on the perspectives for the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), “it’s better to give up”.

“If we are going to govern thinking about it, it is better to give up. It is important that these people speak for us to do different from what they say”, said the president, in a ministerial meeting this Monday (10) of balance sheet on the first 100 days of government, completed today. “Today we have more capacity than people who come to government for the first time.” According to a survey carried out by the Planalto Palace, during this period, around 250 public policies and actions were carried out by the Lula government 3, such as in the areas of combating hunger, infrastructure, health, gender equity, education, environment and politics. external.

In a speech against the negative criticism received by the government, the Chief Executive asked that people who speak ill of the management be thanked. “Thank the people who think that Brazil is not doing well,” he said.

“In 2023, we have already committed BRL 3.3 billion in highways“, he pointed out, comparing investments of the current government with the previous one, under the command of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Lula stated that he could classify the Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, “as the king of the government’s optimism”. Minister of Agriculture passes, a new hiring of a Brazilian slaughterhouse opens.” According to the president, “this is how we have to be”, joking that even the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, is optimistic with Fávaro.

In criticism of the previous administration, Lula said that never in the history of the country, “has a president of the Republic treated federal entities with as much disrespect as governors, mayors, senators and deputies were treated even with a secret budget”. “The other time, I received a government from a fellow Democrat, who had a mark of civility”, in reference to former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso.

With an eye on the government’s new measures, Lula said he did not know “what is happening with Social Security, but we already ended the queue one day”. In the speech, he also spoke of the importance of democracy. Amid criticism of Bolsonaro, Lula said that, at the Planalto Palace, it will be mandatory to present the Covid-19 vaccine card. “I’m going to finish this meeting and take the Covid exam to go to China”, he scored. O President’s Departure to China is scheduled to take place on Tuesday (11) in the morning. In his assessment, the Asian country is correct in charging Covid tests.

“Brazil came back, and it had a government again”, he pointed out. “Brazil returned to reconcile economic and social growth, to be a country without hunger; it returned to taking care of what was urgent and urgent, to take care of its people.” According to Lula, a truly developed country cannot be built “on the ruins of hunger and attacks on democracy”.

The president resumed the coup demonstrations of January 8 and says that the union of institutions at that time will mark his mandate. “We are creating a new phase in the country; I know that the press, demanding, demands us.”

One of the main focuses of the new phase of government, which begins after the 100-day mark, will be the middle class. According to him, for this layer of society, it is necessary to carry out tax reform. “There are people who don’t need the government as much,” he said. As he pointed out, richer layers do not need the State. “The richest don’t need us, the very rich do because sometimes they withhold or want to borrow money.” “There is no way, we need to govern for those who truly need the State”, he said.

The president said he hopes that the Popular Pharmacy program will be implemented throughout the national territory and that the Bill (PL) for equal pay will be approved. According to him, senators and deputies will vote in weight.

Lula reaches 100 days with difficulty creating a positive agenda and less popularity than at the beginning of previous terms, betting on the resumption of programs that marked PT administrations. In an article published on Sunday (9) the Chief Executive justified that the government prioritized, at the beginning of his term, “what was urgent” to create “bases for a better future”.