Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa witnessed the civic-military parade this Wednesday in Brasilia, where numerous supporters of Jair Bolsonaro were present. In statements to journalists, the President of the Republic chose to praise Portugal’s participation in the bicentennial of Brazil’s independence and devalued political issues.
The Portuguese head of state was asked if he had heard any words against Lula da Silva at a ceremony seen as a rally in support of Bolsonaro. “I, in the gallery where he was, I did not hear those slogans, nor these, nor other slogans,” he guaranteed.
“Representing the Portuguese nation” is the responsibility of the head of state in Brazil, who explained that he is at the bicentennial ceremonies not as “Professor Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa”, but “representing Portugal in a historical moment”.
People have to understand the following: the electoral campaign lasts x time, the president’s mandate lasts much longer, and the 200-year history lasts much longer. And what remains for history is that Portugal was present at the moment in which the bicentennial of Brazil’s independence is celebrated, he stressed.
In this way, according to Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, “whether or not there was an internal political event” at the time of the commemoration of the bicentennial of the Independence of Brazil does not remain in history. “I come here as a historic gesture. This is a historic gesture. And it is not historical because there were elections, it is historical because it is 200 years of life for an independent Brazil”.
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Asked if he felt comfortable having been at this ceremony to commemorate the bicentennial of Brazil’s independence, the Portuguese president replied: “Yes, yes.” Given the revelation that he was on the platform accompanying the civic-military parade with Luciano Hang, a businessman subject to investigations by the Brazilian authorities on suspicion that he was planning a coup in the event of Bolsonaro’s defeat in the elections of october. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa stressed that he does not control who knows him.
“As you know, I took pictures and selfies a little everywhere, it has also happened to me in Portugalwith many citizens that I do not know and I could not control who it would be,” he said.
In his statements, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa also recalled that he was not the only head of state invited to the celebrations, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, president of Guinea-Bissau, and José Maria Neves, president of Cape Verde, were also present. .
Source: Observadora
