The Brazilian President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva He offered his vision of the electoral future in Argentina on the way to the 2023 elections, and asked society “not to allow” the “extreme right to win the elections” after the bilateral one with his peer Alberto Fernández.
“I don’t like to talk about the politics of another country, the only thing I can say is that when Alberto won the elections in Argentina I was very happy”he said, and added facing the Argentine head of state: “I don’t know if he will be a candidate for the elections or not, I don’t know how many candidates will contest the elections, the only thing I hope is that Argentina does not allow the extreme right to win the elections “.
Along the same lines, the leader of the PT assured that “the extreme right did not function in any country that it governed”, and he sent a message to the “Argentine people” so that, using “Your intelligence, do not allow a disaster here at the electoral level” in the presidential elections that will take place in 2023.”I hope that Argentina does not allow the extreme right to win“, he added.
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From the White Room, Lula took advantage of the occasion to apologize for the criticism of his predecessor in Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, against Alberto Fernández, and assured that he will work to strengthen the relationship between the two nations. “I want to tell you that I apologize to the Argentine people for all the rudeness that the previous president of Brazil (Jair Bolsonaro), who I say is a genocide, for all the offenses he said to Alberto Fernández,” he said.
In turn, Fernández assured that both nations share common objectives, and compared former presidents Bolsonaro and Macri: “The same problems and needs continue to link us. Bolsonaro passed through Brazil and (Mauricio) Macri passed through Argentina. The challenges that we have are very similar.”
In the joint declaration signed by both nations, made up of 16 pages, and agreed upon during the exchange, both leaders agreed on a question to Justice: “They highlighted the irreplaceable role that judicial institutions have in their constitutional systems as a guarantee of the rights of people against persecution for political reasons and lawfare“, reads one of the joint paragraphs.
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“We need to build friends, partners and that is why I want to affirm, Alberto Fernández, my friend and president of Argentina, Brazil is once again with open arms to welcome the Argentine comrades,” the PT leader said to his peer.
Lastly, and in his turn, the head of CELAC made reference to the incidents carried out in Brasilia by Bolsonaro sympathizers after Lula’s inauguration and defended the institutions. “I want you to know that from Argentina we will always be by your side, but we are not going to let any delusional attack on democracy and the institutions of Brazil. We are not going to let any fascist attack popular sovereignty,” the President concluded.
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