Lula: Bolsonaro is a problem for Justice – 7/1/2023 – Power

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) said, this Saturday (1st), that the ineligibility of Jair Bolsonaro (PL) is a problem of Justice and that it will not affect his government. It was the president’s first demonstration about his opponent in the 2022 elections since his conviction by the TSE (Superior Electoral Court), last Friday (30).

“He [Bolsonaro] knows what he did, if he was right he will be rewarded, if he was wrong, he will be judged and will be punished according to the mistake he made. This is a Justice problem that doesn’t go away, it doesn’t mess with the tranquility of the government,” he said.

Lula also commented on the week of Congress, which should vote on important issues for the government in the coming days, such as the fiscal framework, the CARF and possibly the tax reform. The president said that the themes that are in the Legislature will be voted on “according to the will” of the parliamentarians.

“[Eles] they are not obliged to agree 100% with the government, they can propose changes, we can accept it or not and that’s how life goes on, without nervousness”, he added.

The petista gave the statements after visiting the training of the Brazilian women’s team, which is preparing for the last friendly before the World Cup, which begins at the end of July.

Training was at the Mané Garrincha stadium. The players and coach Pia Sundhage waited for Lula in profile on the lawn.

The president said that, for women’s football to be as popular as men’s, as happened with volleyball, it is necessary to make investments in the category.

“I dream that one day women’s football can fill stadiums like men’s football. It’s a job of politicizing society, of spreading awareness, a work of convincing”, she told the players.

Lula also defended that Brazil host an edition of the Women’s World Cup and said that there is no evidence of corruption in the construction of the soccer stadiums for the 2014 Cup. 2013.

“In 2014 I was frustrated, because we managed to bring the World Cup here to Brazil and in 2013 it was hell in that country, and the World Cup was trivialized. Not even the sponsors advertised the World Cup correctly, it was the World Cup World made in a very negative climate”, said Lula.

“Everything was said that there was corruption in the stadiums, and corruption was not proven in any stadium. It’s been ten years since the World Cup took place, and in no stadium was corruption proven. But the accusations happened.”

The government is currently campaigning to host the 2027 Women’s Cup.

Accompanying Lula were ministers Ana Moser (Sport), Anielle Franco (Racial Equality), Cida Gonçalves (Women), Márcio Macedo (General Secretariat) and Paulo Pimenta (Secom), in addition to the first lady, Janja, and the president of the CBF ( Brazilian Football Confederation), Ednaldo Rodrigues.

The Minister of Sports, Ana Moser, also stated that the government will sanction the Bolsa Atleta law for pregnant women next week and defended that an optional point be made on match days for the women’s team during the World Cup.

“When there’s a men’s game [na Copa], do you not have a break? So let’s try to do that here,” she said, to applause from the players.

The president greeted all the athletes, ending the greeting with the former best in the world, Marta. Lula and Janja were presented with T-shirts from the Brazilian team, a green and yellow one and also a black one with the name Vini Jr. on the back.

The black uniform was made in a campaign against racism, created after the Brazilian Real Madrid player suffered a series of offenses in Spain.