Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has affirmed his intention to remain active in the country’s politics and argued that Lula da Silva’s government «will not last long,» all in his first public event since leaving for the United States.
In an event organized in Florida by the group Yes Brazil USA, attended by supporters of the former president, Bolsonaro set his sights on the 2024 municipal elections, which he described as «very important».
«We cannot abandon politics. Politics is part of our lives. I am 67 years old and I intend to remain active in Brazilian politics,» he reiterated during his speech, as reported by ‘Folha de S.Paulo’.
In this sense, he has maintained that the new government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva «will not last long». «You can be sure, in a short time we will have news. On its own, if this government continues in the line it has shown in these first 30 days, it will not last long,» he has affirmed.
In this sense, the former president has criticized the perpetrators of the assault on the headquarters of the three powers in Brasilia, although he has specified that there have been injustices.
«We regret what some inconsequential people did on January 8. That is not our right. It is not our people,» he said, before pointing out that many people have been arrested.
«That is not terrorism under our legislation. There are people who have to be singled out for invasion or depredation. Each one pays for what he has done,» he reiterated.
Previously, the former president had requested a tourist visa to be able to stay in the United States for six more months, according to one of his lawyers in an interview with the British newspaper ‘Financial Times’.
«Florida will be his temporary home away from home (Brazil),» said the lawyer, Felipe Aleixandre, founder of the firm AG Immigration. The former president «needs some stability», according to Aleixandre, who has left open the possibility of Bolsonaro applying for a permanent visa.
Bolsonaro himself stated a few days after having to be admitted to a hospital on January 9 for abdominal problems stemming from the stabbing he suffered in 2018, that he would bring forward his return to Brazil to be treated by his doctors. However, he remains in Orlando, Florida.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
