At a reception at Itamaraty, the president once again repudiates the attack on a Republican and says that no one has the right to shoot at political opponents
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) once again condemned the attack suffered by former US President Donald Trump on Saturday (13.Jul.2024). The Brazilian Chief Executive stated this Monday (15.Jul.2024) that the episode “impoverishes democracy” and that no one has the right to shoot a person with whom they do not agree politically.
Lula spoke to journalists upon arriving at the Itamaraty Palace for lunch with the president of Italy, Sergio Mattarella (Democratic Party, center-left). Asked whether the episode in the United States could strengthen politicians from “far right” in the world, the Brazilian ruler said he didn’t know, but that democracy is the loser.
“I don’t know if this will strengthen anyone. This impoverishes democracy. Instead of debating who wins, what we have to be sure of is that democracy loses. The values of dialogue, of argument, of sitting around a table in a diplomatic manner and seeking solutions to problems, are going down the drain. If everything is going to be settled through beatings, violence, punches, fights, shootings, knives, where is democracy going? And as I am a defender of democracy, I have to condemn it”, these.
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Lula also stated that there can be no doubt that it is necessary to condemn any anti-democratic demonstration in the world, whether committed by someone from the right or the left. “No one has the right to shoot a person because they disagree with him politically.”, these.
On Saturday, Trump had to be rushed out of a rally he was holding in Butler, Pennsylvania, after the event was interrupted by gunfire. According to information from the news agency “AP”the shooter was killed. A person in the audience also died.
The Republican Party candidate for the White House was giving a speech when he touched his right ear, suggesting that he might have been hit by something in the area. He was then removed from the scene by Secret Service agents. It is possible to see that there was blood on the politician’s ear.
Source: https://www.poder360.com.br/governo/lula-diz-que-ataque-a-trump-empobrece-a-democracia/
