Former governor of Ceará says he was “deeply shocked” by the 2022 elections and no longer wants to depend on voter approval
The former candidate for the presidency of the Republic and former governor of Ceará Ciro Gomes attributed political polarization in Brazil to the permanence of the president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the dispute. He said that the scenario will only be resolved when Lula “leave the game”.
In an interview with the newspaper The globesaid that the country is the one who leaves defeated” of the conflict between right and left, and called the May 1st event of the PT (Workers’ Party) a “Vexaminous”. He also stated that the left surrendered when it realized the drop in representation.
“That [polarização] annihilate our country. This will only be resolved when Lula leaves the game. There was an embarrassing May 1st, and Lula’s group keeps saying that they organized it wrong. It wasn’t that. They broke the logic of civil society representation through co-optation. The people left. And do you know who is talking to them? On the right. Not on the real agenda, but on the customs agenda. The Brazilian left capitulated”he said.
The former presidential candidate has not made public statements since the 2022 elections, when he received 3% of the votes in the dispute for the Executive against Lula and Jair Bolsonaro (PL). He defined himself as misunderstood by politics.
Regarding the mandate of Carlos Lupi (PSB) as Minister of Social Security in the current government, he said that if Lupi had not been the PED representative, Lula would have caught “anyone and the party is shattered”.
“My position is not anti-PT. It’s anti-model. I don’t condemn anyone. Lupi is trying hard as a minister. I see no problem in contributing. I’m in love with Brazil. I’m just an unrequited lover.”he said.
Exit from politics
Ciro stated for the first time that he was shaken by the result of the 2022 elections. When he realized that he would lose the dispute at the time, he felt like a “delegitimization of your candidacy” and so he remained silent about the situation from then on.
He said he will no longer enter into any confrontation and will leave party politics: “I no longer want to depend on voter approval or greasy criticism”he spoke.
“The election deeply shocked and killed my belief in the Brazilian democratic system. The 3% was the consummation of this process. In other elections, I had 11%, 12%. All these people succumbed to a fascist wave.”he said.
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About Lula: “I knew that Lula was not in the slightest condition to give in to such mystifying hope that summed up the entire drama for this educated class of artists and intellectuals. As if the problem was getting rid of Bolsonaro in the first round, which would be impossible”, he stated.
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About Bolsonaro: “Bolsonaro was not a product of Mars, but of the tragic meeting of the worst economic crisis in history with the biggest corruption scandal (the petrolão) ever seen”.
Accusation of machismo
Ciro was involved in 2 cases of machismo. One of them when he said that his ex-wife, Patrícia Pillar, had the role of sleeping with him. The other is insults to the senator Janaína Farias (PT), which led Ciro Gomes to be reported to the Public Ministry for political gender violence. He called her “courtesan” and said she was an advisor to “bed matters”.
- Case involving the ex-wife: “Do you know why I hate politics? That’s why. It happened 20 years ago, I’ve already apologized. Lula’s son just beat his wife and has a protective order from the Court of Justice and this matter is not in the press. And Ms. Gleisi from PT made a note condemning me for misogyny. I’m a serious guy, respectful of women”.
- Case involving Janaína Farias (PT): . “I said that later, because that’s exactly what she is […] I said she was incompetent and unprepared. I said that public work cannot be carried out in Ceará without charging a bribe. I spoke about Camilo Santana’s patrimonialism. Therefore, the derivation for sexism came. So, women enter politics and are immune? She is, today, a courtesan holding a senatorial mandate. She is there on Camilo Santana’s whim or because he is being blackmailed. I’m not talking about her. I’m talking about Camilo”concluded.
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