Lula says ‘no longer need to invade land’ and preaches ‘quiet and peaceful’ agrarian reform

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Petista affirms that it is up to Incra to survey unproductive lands in Brazil

Brasilia DF) – After a series of occupations by the Landless Workers Movement (MST) in April, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said this Tuesday, the 13th, that “there is no longer any need to invade land” in Brazil and preached that agrarian reform be done in a “quiet and peaceful manner, without war”.

The PT affirmed that it is up to the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra) to carry out a survey of unproductive lands in Brazil. Based on this information, the government intends to make the necessary settlements to proceed with the agrarian reform.

“I said to Paulo Teixeira (Minister of Agrarian Development) these days: there is no need to invade land anymore. If Incra is the one who surveys unproductive land, Incra should communicate to the government what are the unproductive properties that exist in each Brazilian state and, from there, we will discuss the occupation of that land. It’s simple, there’s no need for noise, there’s no need for war.”

defended the president during the ‘live’ ‘Conversation with the President’, broadcast this Tuesday morning on social networks.

Lula also stated that the Brazilian population wants a “quiet and peaceful” agrarian reform. “It is this agrarian reform that we are going to carry out in the country. there is no reason to fight, why there is war.”

‘Red April’

The MST occupations in the so-called “Red April” created wear and tear for the federal government. On the one hand, the management was pressured not to displease the popular movement, the base of PTism; on the other hand, it had to deal with the dissatisfaction of agribusiness. The occupations became the target of a Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI) in the Chamber of Deputies.

*With information from IstoÉ

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