During a conversation with activists in Aglomerado da Serra community, on the outskirts of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Gerais, Lula expressed his concern about the risk of the National Congress approving such a proposal.

“Another thing we must know is that if we vote in Congress, we run the risk of an amnesty. Congress, as you know, is not a Congress elected by the popular sectors,” he noted.

He acknowledged that Parliament has helped his government and that it approved almost everything it wanted, “but the extreme right still has a lot of power. It’s a battle that the people must also fight,” he insisted.

Also during his talk with activists, Lula affirmed that the peripheries must get involved in other national issues. “This is a moment when we need to politicize our communities,” he said.

He also questioned those who advocate for US interference in Brazil, calling them “false patriots,” without naming names.

Now we see false patriots in the United States asking President Donald Trump to intervene in Brazil, he noted.

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