Before boarding the flight back to Brazil, after three months in the US, Jair Bolsonaro guarantees that he will not “lead any opposition”, but will share his experience with the Liberal Party.
Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil, returns to Brazil this Thursday, after three months in Florida, in the United States. Before boarding the flight, on a plane with allusions to the Harry Potter universe, bound for Brasilia, at the Orlando airport, he gave an interview to CNN Brazil, where he assured that he will not drive. “unopposed” to the government of Lula da Silva.
“I will not lead any opposition, I will participate with my party, as an experienced person, with 28 years in the Chamber, four as president, two as a councilor and 15 in the Army, to collaborate with whatever they want, how can we present ourselves to maintain what that must be maintained and change what must be changed,” Bolsonaro said.
“It is not necessary to oppose this government, it is already an opposition in itself, given the qualification of those who make up the Ministries,” added the Brazilian politician, who spent three months “in silence” in the US state of Florida. “He [Lula da Silva] it created 14 more ministries, the profile of the people is quite different from ours, you can make the comparison there in Brazil. And you begin to understand why, unfortunately I wish it was the other way around, there is no way this government can work.”
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“Unfortunately there is no way to collaborate with the government that is there, taking into account the people who are in the Ministries.”
Bolsonaro said that he will not “participate in much” since he does not have a mandate or immunity, but he has shown that he is available to be “an adviser to whoever so desires.” “Some things are a page turned over for us and we are going to prepare for the next elections,” he transmitted to CNN Brazil, guaranteeing that he intends to travel around Brazil, “one, two trips per month, a maximum of three” to speak “with supporters”.
According to CNN Brazil, Bolsonaro boarded a plane belonging to the Brazilian company GOL, decorated with motifs from the Harry Potter saga.
The former president left Brazil before Lula da Silva took office. “I decided to get out of there, not to pass the banner and let Lula take over the government without anyone opposing it.”
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The return of Jair Bolsonaro to Brazil, which is scheduled to land in Brasilia at 11 a.m. (Lisbon time) this Thursday, forced the reinforcement of security measures in the country’s capital, for fear of demonstrations by supporters of the former president. The police presence will be more numerous in Praça dos Três Poderes, where the offices of the Presidency, the Federal Supreme Court and Congress are located, institutions that on January 8 were attacked and looted by radical supporters of Jair Bolsonaro.
Brasilia was armed since midnight for the return of Jair Bolsonaro
Source: Observadora
