Lula says that Bolsonaro is at home ‘with his tail stuck’ – 05/12/2023 – Politics

President Lula (PT) compared the Jair Bolsonaro (PL) government to “a plague of locusts”, said that there was corruption in the previous government and cited investigations related to suspected fraud on the ex-president’s vaccine card, which is the subject of an investigation. of the Federal Police.

“Now, [Bolsonaro] he’s indoors with his tail stuck. He’s giving evidence. He will know how bad it was for him to lie when he was in government. He even forged the vaccine card,” said the PT member this Friday (12) at the launch of the Escola em Tempo Integral program in Fortaleza.

Next, the PT criticized the previous government for handling the Covid-19 pandemic, said that around 300,000 Brazilians had died from the disease because of government inaction, and again disapproved of Bolsonaro.

“Imagine the quality of a president of the Republic with a pandemic killing 700,000 people and he forged his vaccine card,” Lula said in a speech.

The president also made references to the acts of January 8 that resulted in the destruction of the Planalto Palace, the National Congress and the Federal Supreme Court. He called Bolsonaro undemocratic and defended respect for democracy.

“There are a lot of people in prison and they are going to learn a lesson: if you want to govern this country, don’t carry out a coup. Run the elections in the most honest way and wait for the results of the polls.”

Did the president again criticize the privatization of Eletrobras and link the Bolsonaro government with investigations into suspected corruption? “He [Bolsonaro] he said he was honest, let’s see what corruption is now with his group”.

Lula participates in Ceará in events to launch the Full Time Schools program and the National Pact for the Resumption of School Works accompanied by the Minister of Education, Camilo Santana (PT) and the governor of Ceará, Elmano de Freitas (PT).

The act held in the morning was at the Centro de Eventos do Ceará, in Fortaleza. Teachers and trade unionists took advantage of the presence of Lula and the Minister of Education to protest with demands for the sector. The group exhibited signs that asked for respect for the education wage floor, more money for the sector and the repeal of the new secondary education.

The event was attended by students and teachers from the state and municipal education network, together with leaders of union centers and social movements.

Among them was a group of militants from the MST (Movement of Landless Rural Workers), who this Thursday (11) did not participate in an act with Lula in Salvador. The entity argued that it was barred from the act by the Minister of the Civil House, Rui Costa (PT), who denies the veto.

From the capital of Ceará, Lula goes to the city of Crato, in the Cariri region of Ceará, where he launches the National Pact for the Resumption of Works in Basic Education program, for the resumption of four thousand works paralyzed in the previous administration. The works, in kindergartens and schools in the public education network, will be financed by the FNDE (National Fund for the Development of Education).

Full-time teaching is one of the main goals of the administration of Minister Camilo Santana, who was governor of Ceará between January 2015 and April 2022. The state is considered an example in basic education, with results above the national average.

In Ceará, the full-time school program should reach more than 70% of the state school network this year, according to data from the State Government. In all, there will be 472 schools with an extended day of nine hours distributed in 165 municipalities.