‘Let Bolsonaro get ready’: Lula da Silva says he’s ready to return to power despite many thinking he’s ‘dead’ [VIDEO]

Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, front-runner in Brazil’s October election, drew a crowd in Sao Paulo on the first Saturday of the campaign to say he was ready to return to power despite being “thought to be dead” by many.

Lula da Silva brought together thousands of people in the Vale de Anhangabau, a popular area of ​​​​the capital of São Paulo, almost simultaneously with the president Jair Bolsonaroa far-right leader seeking re-election visited the barracks where he received military training.

In the Vale de Anhangabau, a place of high political symbolism since it hosted the largest demonstration in 1984 Brazil against the last military dictatorship (1964-1985), Lula da Silva he was expanded and assured that he was ready to win the election.

“There were a lot of people who thought Lula was dead, who thought the left was dead”, but “we are here to say that all our ideas are alive, that we want democracy, decent wages, education” and “that we are going to win this election,” he said.

“Get Ready Bolsonaro”

Supported by the crowd and the polls, which unanimously credit him with 45% of the vote, compared to the 30% he would have received. Jair Bolsonaro, Lula da Silva He sent a direct message to the incumbent, about whom he said that “the people are tired.”

“get ready Jair Bolsonaro. Don’t be afraid of Lula, because it will be the people who are going to remove him from the presidency,” he said in a nearly hour-long speech that took a toll on the growing social chasms during the leadership of the far right.

“Today there are 33 million people who have nothing to eat” in Brazila country that “is one of the largest food producers in the world and has no explanation,” Lula said, citing recent reports of people “looking for bones” in trash.

“Governance is about caring for the people” and “especially those most in need,” not “propagating guns and violence,” he said. Lula da Silva supported by the leaders of nine parties who joined the broad progressive front supporting his candidacy.

He also indirectly reacted to the lies spread on social networks, attributed to the Bolsonarist groups and assuring that in case of victory Lula da Silva intends to close churches.

“This religious question is so fashionable right now. There is a lot of religious ‘fake news’ and a lot of the devil being treated like God, and a lot of the devil turning churches into political tribunes,” he said. Lula da Silva and pointed out that “the church cannot have a political party or care about false prophets and Pharisees who deceive the people of God.”

Bolsonaro boosts his fighting spirit

Jair Bolsonarocaptain of the Army Reserve, was also greeted by hundreds of people who rode in a column of motorcycles in front of the headquarters of the Black Needles Academy, the barracks where he trained as a cadet.

The president remained for about an hour, greeting his followers along with other soldiers, including General Walter Braga Netto, who is accompanying him in this election as a candidate for vice president.

As in the 2018 elections that brought him to power, this campaign has seen the far right emphasize its military views, which is directly related to the “conservative agenda” he proposes for the country, which he synthesizes in the motto “God, Motherland and a family”.

In the barracks, he held a graduation ceremony for new cadets, urging them to “give their lives for the country”, and avoided contact with journalists.

Election campaign in Brazil took to the streets across the country last Tuesday, and one of its hottest spots is expected on the next day 28, when the first of the media-organized debates will take place.

This will be the first opportunity for Lula da Silva D Jair Bolsonaro will come face to face with their ideas in a debate that will feature four other candidates: Labor Party member Ciro Gómez, Liberal Party member Luis Felipe d’Avila, right-wing party member Soraya Tronicke and center party member Simone. you.

(As reported by EFE)

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