The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, received this Wednesday at the Planalto Palace representatives of the country's trade unions, who expressed their support for the Government and repudiated the attacks on State Powers registered on January 8 by of opponents, in the city of Brasilia.
The representatives of the union centrals repudiated the invasion and damage to the Planalto Palace (seat of the Executive), the Congress and the Federal Supreme Court, in addition to requesting punishment for those involved in the attacks.
Lula da Silva expressed at the meeting that in recent years, during the administration of former President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022), workers "were not listened to by the federal government," which is why dialogue is being resumed.
The minister representing the Presidency, Rui Costa, as well as the Minister of Labor and Employment, Luiz Marinho, were also present at this Wednesday's meeting with trade unionists.
Ask for justice
Meanwhile, Sergio Nobre, president of the Central Única de Trabajadores (United Workers' Union), said that the attack by Bolsonaro supporters "cannot go unpunished."
"We have no doubt that this attack had someone who planned it, someone who financed it, and this attack on democracy cannot go unpunished," he emphasized.
Meanwhile, the president of Fuerza Sindical, Miguel Torres, stated that the meeting also became an act of "solidarity" with the government and institutions, "with the legislative and judicial branches that were severely marred by violence."
In turn, the president of the New Central Trade Union of Workers, Moacyr Roberto Tesch, emphasized that "it is very gratifying that we can enter through the hallway of this immense palace, not like those vandals, nor like those terrorists of the 8th," he stated.
Union leaders presented Lula da Silva with a series of requests from Brazilian workers regarding their labor demands.
Among the requests is the readjustment to the minimum wage of 1.343 reais (263 dollars), higher than the one proposed by the Ministry of Finance of 1.302 reais (255 dollars).
Bolsonaro instigated hatred
Lula da Silva, affirmed on January 18 that the former president Jair Bolsonaro is to blame for the coup attempt on January 8 in Brasilia, according to what he said in an appearance from the presidential palace, highlights Sputnik.
"They [the Bolsonaristas] weren't content. After our wonderful inauguration (...) they waited a week and tried to stage a coup. What happened here was an attempted coup, by prepared people," Lula said, adding: "I don't know if the former president ordered it. What I do know is that he's guilty, because he spent four years instigating hatred."
