In social networks, publications with a video of a news from CNN Brazil that serves to denounce that the Workers’ Party (PT) intends to confiscate the money that the population keeps in bank accounts, private pensions and other investments, in case the former president Lula da Silva is elected in the elections next Sunday. The same publication also alleges that this type of property confiscation would be provided for in the party’s statutes.
In the video of 2 minutes and 51 seconds, the journalist mentions that “people very close” to former President Lula defend a “fiscal quarantine” regime, in case he wins the elections. It is also said that a document, drawn up by a wing of the PT, provides for a state of emergency to be declared. In this context, the government would be free to “break the fiscal rules” and thus impose an emergency tax on large fortunes, profits and dividends. However, the report is silent on any kind of confiscation of financial assets.
In addition to Facebook users, the video was also shared by federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (son of Jair Bolsonaro) on Twitter and by a state deputy from Bolsonaro’s party on Instagram.
An internet search allows us to find the full video of this CNN Brazil report published on February 1, 2022. Neither the excerpt circulating on social networks nor the full report makes any mention of the possibility of a possible future government headed by Lula da Silva. They intend to carry out the confiscation of assets of the Brazilian population.
CNN Brazil itself made a fact check to these publications and concluded that they distort information.
The publication also states that this proposal would form part of the statutes of Lula da Silva’s Workers’ Party (PT). However, the PT’s statutes, available on the party’s website, do not include any proposals, but only the usual guidelines related to the organization of a political party. There is no reference to the confiscation of the population’s assets, a measure prohibited by the Brazilian Constitution since 2001, the year in which Constitutional Amendment No. 32 was enacted.
Also, the government program of the Brasil da Esperança coalition, headed by Lula, which is available for consultation on the website of the Superior Electoral Tribunal, does not include any idea related to the confiscation of assets.
conclusion
It’s false that a CNN report reveals that the Workers’ Party intends to confiscate money that the population has in banks or private pensions, if Lula da Silva wins the October elections. The content of the post. Take the story out of context PT status does not provide this type of action and The Brazilian Constitution prohibits these types of measures.
Thus, according to the Observer classification, this content is:
WRONG
In the Facebook rating system, this content is:
FAKE: The main content claims are factually inaccurate. This option typically matches “false” or “mostly false” ratings on fact-checking websites.
NOTE: This content was curated by The Observer as part of a fact-checking partnership with Facebook.
Source: Observadora
