Lula da Silva said that the behavior adopted in the case of Venezuelan minors is typical of a pedophile, in relation to a story in which Bolsonaro claimed that he saw a group of beautiful 14 and 15-year-old girls and the opportunity arose. asking to enter your house.
The former president of Brazil and candidate in these elections, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has ensured that the words of his rival, Jair Bolsonaro, on the Venezuelan minors whom he accused of practicing prostitution were those of “a pedophile”
In an interview for the podcast Flow, the candidate of the Workers’ Party (PT) has pointed out that Bolsonaro “He realized that he was being silly.”
On the other hand, he indicated that the president is “scared” by the repercussion of his words, and he tried to retract “as fast as possible”.
Since then, those statements, which caused a small campaign crisis, have had to be nuanced on several occasions by Bolsonaro.
In recent hours, the president has recorded a video with the first lady, Michelle, y Maria Theresa Belandria the partner of the Venezuelan opposition in Brazil, Juan Guaido.
“The words I said reflected my concern to avoid any kind of exploitation of vulnerable women,” says Bolsonaro in a video.
In the same message, he ditches that those minors were “workers”, after the then Minister of Women, Damares Alves, went to the place to check it out.
“Words of a pedophile” says Lula for Bolsonaro
Last Friday, while participating in a podcast, Bolsonaro used the Brazilian expression “paint a climate” –with which it is intended to indicate that there is a desire for something– while slipping that he was witnessing a case of sexual exploitation.
While speaking about one of the recurring topics in his campaign, that Brazil would become Venezuela if former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wins the elections, Bolsonaro recounted how after seeing a group of “Pretty girls, 14 or 15 years old.”
There he asked to enter his house, where he ran into twenty of them “all very neat” stop, said, “earn a living”.
In those, Bolsonaro, after again influencing the age of the young women and their supposed beauty, said that he asked them why they all got ready on a Saturday. “To make a living. Do you want that for your daughter? said the Brazilian president while speaking with the director of the podcast.