“I
will fight with all of my energy, until the end of my days,"
said the former Brazilian President.
As
presidential candidates hit the campaign trail leading up to the
October general elections, former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva keeps writing from his prison cell in the federal
police headquarters in Curitiba, Parana. His latest piece is a
scathing overview of the Senate-imposed presidency of Michel Temer,
“born through a parliamentary coup” and a “growing
threat to national sovereignty.”
He
explained that the “political and economic forces that sustain
him (Temer) are linked to foreign interests,” a reality which
has “shredded the Constitution and democracy to implement an
agenda that squanders Brazil's wealth, disaggregates the State and
interrupts Latin-American integration.”
Lula
noted that it has been habitual throughout Brazilian history that a
significant part of the elite class “aligned themselves”
with foreign interests, aiding in the strategic attempt to
“destabilize the constitutional order.”
“My
imprisonment and persecution is part of this national submission
project...Temer's government and his supporters have dedicated
themselves to destroy the historic development we achieved in our
country.”
Lula
also cited privatization of Eletrobras and other public companies,
cuts in social programs, labor reform and other austerity measures as
proof of Brazil's regression since the impeachment of his successor,
former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
“I
want to return to the presidency in order for Brazil to re-establish
its protagonism on the world stage and the respect of all peoples
around the planet, returning to the endeavor of building a new
international order, which is democratic and multipolar, lifted by
the right to self-determination and peace between nations,”
Lula wrote.
“I
will fight with all of my energy, until the end of my days, (the
right to participate) in this upcoming election and every other
battle to defeat the servile-mongers who have undermined our
constitutional order and sovereignty.”
Lula's
letter comes one day after 29 U.S Congressmen, including senator and
former 2016 U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, sent a letter
to the Brazilian ambassador in Washington, Sergio Amaral, denouncing
the “highly questionable and politicized” judicial case
against him. It also comes just weeks after an appeal judge ordered
his release, a request that was promptly denied by a higher court.
Despite
his conviction and imprisonment for alleged corruption, events that
many legal experts and observers attribute to lawfare and a salacious
mainstream media campaign, Lula has topped every 2018 electoral poll
conducted by Vox Populi, Ibope, Datafolha, Data Poder 360, Instituto
Parana, the National Confederation of Transportation/MDA and Ipsos.
His two
terms in office were marked by a slew of social programs, lifting
millions of Brazilians out of poverty and removing the country from
the United Nations World Hunger Map. He left office with a record
approval rating of 83 percent in 2011, according to Datafolha.
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