Brazil’s presidential candidate for the Workers’ Party (PT), Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, stepped up his campaign plan Wednesday by holding a major public event in the city of Garanhuns, in Pernambuco state.
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The event where ex-President Lula and Federal MP Danilo Cabral (PSB) appeared together in front of thousands of Pernambucans as part of the alliance “Let’s Go Together for Brazil” as a candidacy formula.
“Every man, woman or man, must have one thing; I am a dreamer. When I won the presidency, I wanted to show that it is possible to achieve our dream, for which it was important to be clear on which side I stand and who I represent,” noted the PT chairman.
He added: What do I want for Brazil? “I wish for a sovereign country that takes care of its land, sea and space borders. That consciously takes care of its natural resources, which are in the soil and subsoil, in the water and at depth, such as the pre-Salt that it is almost 7,000 meters deep.
“I want you to go home and think that the Brazil you want for you and your families is a Brazil that we can build and that we have already built,” Lula announced, referring to social plans from his previous mandates such as the generation of 22 million jobs; the removal of 36 million from extreme poverty; and making the dream of home ownership come true for millions of families with Minha Casa, Minha Vida.
While he again condemned Bolsonaro’s recent coup attacks on democracy at a meeting with ambassadors this week. “He wants to create a case by distrusting the polls, but deep down he doesn’t want the working people of this country to vote,” Lula said.
Regarding the PT-PSB coalition Wednesday afternoon, Lula also attended a public event in Serra Talhada, Recife, at the city’s old train station.
Meanwhile, Cabral said he has “an historic commitment to defending democracy.” What is the plaque that has the face of Education, Indigenous Peoples, MST, Farm Workers, Science, Rural? It’s important to have a board of directors that talks about politics and provides clarity about the ideas that we represent,” he avoided.
This unification comes after the National Board approved the alliance policy with the Lula-Geraldo Alckmin President-Vice-President formula; with 599 votes (94.3 percent) in favor of naming the list, 34 against and 2 abstentions.
Precisely this Thursday, the PT will hold its national congress in São Paulo, which will propose the Lula Alckmin list for registration with the electoral tribunal; to this should be added the development of the National Convention of the Brazilian Federation of Hope (PT-PCdoB-PV), which will also indicate the list that will be registered at the Electoral Court.
Also on the agenda of the elections is a Thursday morning retreat with artists and cultural workers at the Teatro do Parque in Recife; a lunch at the home of Danilo Cabral (RSP); and at the end of the afternoon another public act in the Chevrolet Hall.