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Minister Augusto Heleno, from the Presidential Institutional Security Office (GSI), said on Monday (21) that criticism from “foreign nations” about deforestation in the Amazon aims to “harm Brazil and overthrow the Bolsonaro government.” Heleno did not specifically mention any country.
The minister gave the statement during a public hearing in the Federal Supreme Court (STF). At the hearing, the lawsuit filed by four political parties that challenge the government’s delay in applying the resources of the Climate Fund, which has been paralyzed since 2019, was discussed.
“We cannot admit and encourage foreign nations, entities and personalities, without a past that gives them moral authority to criticize us, to succeed in their main objective, obviously hidden, but evident to the non-innocent, which is to harm Brazil and overthrow the Bolsonaro government, “Heleno said.
This Tuesday (22), President Jair Bolsonaro, by video, will deliver a speech at the United Nations (UN) general assembly. The Amazon should be one of the themes of the president’s speech. Since last year, the conduct of Brazil’s environmental policy has been the target of criticism from personalities and organizations inside and outside the country.
In addition, European countries have indicated in recent weeks that they see little commitment from the Brazilian government with the environment, which, for them, is an obstacle to the effectiveness of the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union.
According to Heleno, Brazilians have allied themselves with foreigners, who “never set foot in the Amazon and know the jungle through photos”, to present Brazil to the world as a “villain” of deforestation and global warming.
“Worse. They use false arguments, fabricated and manipulated figures, unfounded accusations to harm Brazil. It is necessary to make it clear that the Brazilian Amazon belongs to us. Minister.
Heleno also said, without citing names, that these “few Brazilians” are allied with the proposals to harm Brazil because, in the minister’s opinion, they do not accept the “alternation of power” that Bolsonaro’s election represented.
“If you feel increasingly removed from the possibility of returning to command of the country and returning to the catastrophic work that they carried out for three decades, they cannot ignore their obtuse thoughts,” said the minister.
The Climate Fund was created in 2009 to support projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gases and adapting the country to the effects of global warming, such as the lack of water in semi-arid regions.
PT, PSB, Rede and PSOL, authors of the action, point out that the federal government did not adopt measures for the operation of the fund, which has been paralyzed since 2019. The parties also allege several other omissions in the environmental area that would be leading to a regression situation. and lack of protection in the area.
In his speech, Minister Ricardo Salles, of the Environment, said that the money was repressed because the federal government was waiting for the approval of the new sanitation framework. Salles said that basic sanitation, along with solid waste, are priority issues for cellulose in the fight against climate change.
“The sending of funds to the BNDES and this new understanding of how to apply it, the R $ 580 million, are much more related to the need to align this agenda of urban environmental quality, sanitation and waste, which is very relevant in the issue of emissions and that has become a priority given this chaos of sanitation and garbage that we have in Brazil ”, said Salles.
