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BRASÍLIA – The leader of the government in Congress, Senator Eduardo Gomes (MDB-TO), criticized the speech of the former president of the United States, Barack Obama, that he was “lucky” to have the collaboration of former presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff in the environmental area. In an interview with GLOBO and TV GLOBO, broadcast on Tuesday (17), Obama also said that President Jair Bolsonaro despises science, but that he can redefine Brazil’s relationship with the United States under Joe Biden.
For the government leader, any comparison between the PT administrations and the Jair Bolsonaro government in the environmental area is “strange.” Gomes said it is necessary to wait for the president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, to take office.
– Was it good, a government full of corruption scandals? Any comparison in this regard is strange, but it is your opinion. At least it was an unfortunate statement, Gomes told GLOBO.
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The coordinator of the environmental front of the Chamber, Congressman Rodrigo Agostinho (PSB-SP) believes that Obama is right in assessing that Bolsonaro must change his position in the environmental area before the country suffers more serious economic losses.
– What Obama said makes perfect sense, the government is still upset, until now it has not recognized the election of Biden, but I believe in this perspective of the government itself to review its position because it is ridiculous. Brazil is isolating itself with this position of environmental antipolitical – said Agostinho.
In reaction to the interview, opponents of the PT exploited the fact that Obama acknowledged the existence of cases of corruption in the Dilma and Lula governments. The PT seats in the House and Senate highlighted that the former US president also praised the achievements of his top leaders in command of Brazil.
“Former US President Barack Obama praised Lula and Dilma for their cooperation and leadership in the fight against global warming,” Representative Henrique Fontana (PT-RS) said of the statement on Twitter.
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“Obama praises the alliance with Lula and Dilma in the fight against global warming. A slap in the face for Bolsonaro’s deforestation,” wrote PT deputy Paulo Teixeira (SP), on his social networks.
Bolsonaristas and Lavajatistas highlighted the fact that Obama claimed to be unaware of the accusations of corruption against Lula at the time when he said that “this is the guy” in 2009.
“Even Barack Obama, a world-left caviar favorite, says with all his words that Lula is CORRUPT,” said Congresswoman Carla Zambelli (PSL-SP).
Senator Lasier Martins (Pode-RS) said that “even Obama’s mask of Lula fell off.” “Eleven years after calling him ‘the boy’, the former US president tells in his book ‘The Promised Land’ that the glamorous image of the former Brazilian colleague was dissolved with multi-million dollar scandals and the position of a mafia boss,” he declared. Lasier, referring to Obama’s new book.
