2023-05-14 12:32:24
Minister Paulo Teixeira said yesterday (13) that the Executive is already preparing an emergency plan
The Minister of Agrarian Development (MDA), Paulo Teixeira, said this Saturday that the government is preparing an emergency plan to return with land settlements starting this month. “There will be new settlements in areas that Incra (National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform) already owns”, he said, in São Paulo, during the National Agrarian Reform Fair, organized by the Landless Movement (MST). According to Teixeira, credit will be provided for the installation of these settlements, in addition to technical assistance for the start of production at the sites.
Pressured by the movement – which, in the third term of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, resumed invasions of properties, including productive properties and an area owned by Embrapa -, the federal government is trying to respond to the demands of the landless and to criticisms of the slowness of the reform process. agrarian. MST actions generated strong reactions from entities linked to agribusiness.
Last month, the Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA) filed with the Federal Supreme Court (STF) a request for an injunction to prevent invasions of properties across the country. Sectors in the segment consider Lula’s administration colluding with MST acts.
The National Agrarian Reform Fair exposes the close relationship between the Lula government and the movement. Ministers and vice-president Geraldo Alckmin – who was there yesterday – became stars of the event at Parque da Água Branca, in the western region of São Paulo.
Since the beginning of this year, in addition to intensifying land invasions and pressuring the government to release more resources for agrarian reform, the MST has organized actions to appoint allies in Incra’s superintendencies. The movement also ensured its presence in the so-called Council of Lula.
The Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, became the poster child for a brand of cornmeal. “I am proud to have participated in the campaign for these products”, said he, who did not attend the event, but, on a social network, praised the items made by the landless. The day before yesterday, Lula’s nominee to take over the Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank, the executive secretary, Gabriel Galípolo, had already visited the event.
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