“I’m trying to show the poor Brazilian this hateful polarization, which I didn’t help build. On the contrary, I was there in 2018, trying to warn that people cannot use Bolsonaro’s misguided promise to abandon widespread corruption and a very dangerous economic collapse Produced by PT [Partido dos Trabalhadores]Classifying polarization among presidential election leaders as a problem to be overcome, Gomez said in an interview with Journal Nacional, on TV Globo, on Tuesday.
He added: “My mission is to showcase Brazil over the next 30 years in Portugal in the field of human rights (…) I want, in 30 years, for Brazil to become Portugal in terms of quality of life.”
The Democratic Action Party (PDT) candidate estimated that the economic crisis in Brazil, where there are currently about 33 million people suffering from hunger and 120 million with some degree of food insecurity, as well as an unemployment rate above 10%, was caused by a failed governance project It is based on the political alliances of the heads of the center-right parties that have supported all governments since the restoration of democracy and promised to break this cycle that hinders the development of the country.
When asked how to implement campaign promises, such as, for example, a minimum wage of one thousand reais (about 197 euros) for all Brazilians who do not have majority support in Congress, given that the PDT has not been able to form alliances with other parties for this nomination, Gomez said that he will make agreements with mayors and regional governors to renegotiate the debts of these bodies of the Brazilian Federation with the central government, and he will also call popular referendums to implement projects and reforms that he cannot agree to. in Congress.
“My proposal is to turn my election not into a personal vote, but into a programmatic referendum,” Gomez said.
In a 40-minute interview, the PDT candidate, who was previously governor of Ceará state and is running for the Brazilian presidency for the fourth time, sharply criticized the “centrão” [nome dado aos partidos de centro direita com maioria no Congresso brasileiro]He said he would give up his re-election if elected to facilitate political negotiations and achieve the renewal of power.
In third place in the latest DataFolha poll, with 7% of voting intentions, the PDT candidate several times attacked the polarization between former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and current head of state, Jair Bolsonaro, in an interview given more moderate than Bolsonaro the day before.
“You who voted for Bolsonaro because you don’t want Lula back, give me a chance. You who voted for Lula because you don’t want Bolsonaro anymore, there’s a country that rules it, give me a chance. And you’re hesitant, conclude that you know how many “more than half the population.” It’s up to you to change Brazil.”
The first round of Brazil’s presidential elections is scheduled for October 2nd and the second round, if necessary, on October 30th.
In all, 12 candidates are vying for the presidency: Jair Bolsonaro, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Ciro Gomez, Simon Tebet, Luis Philippe DeVila, Soraya Tronic, Roberto Jefferson, Pablo Marsal, Emile, Leonardo Pericles, Sofia Manzano and Vera Lucia. .
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