“The one who decides my future is you. Who decides where the Armed Forces go is you,” the president said as he spoke to supporters in Alvorada.
This Friday (December 9), after 40 days of silence, President Jair Bolsonaro (PL, right) heard supporters at the Alvorada Palace and delivered a 16-minute speech.
In his speech, Bolsonaro said that the Armed Forces are united, complained about baseless criticism and guaranteed: “We will win within four lines (respecting the Constitution).
The president’s appearance comes on the same day that former president Lula da Silva announced the names of the prime ministers.
(President Bolsonaro opened the gates of the Alvorada Palace and went to receive and listen to the demonstrators, who are increasingly led by indigenous people.
Bolsonaro repeated lines from previous speeches in which he emphasized the resurgence of patriotism in the country and asked supporters not to criticize allies “without being sure of what is happening.”
“We have awakened patriotism in Brazil. The people turned to admire their flag; people came back to believe that Brazil has a way out. It’s not easy to deal with a whole system.”
“The mission of each of us is not to criticize; is to join. Many times you have information that is not true and because of fatigue, anxiety or the moment you start criticizing.”
I am sure that my functions guaranteed in the Constitution are essential in every country of the world and I have always said during these four years that the Armed Forces are the last obstacle of socialism”.
“The armed forces, rest assured, are united. The armed forces, like me, owe loyalty to our people, respect for the Constitution and are one of the biggest responsibilities for our freedom,” Bolsonaro said.
Afterwards, the president said that he takes responsibility if something goes wrong and stressed that decisions involving other social sectors are difficult and painful.
“How many times have I said during these four years that we have something more important than our lives, which is our freedom.”
“Decisions, when they are exclusively ours, are less difficult and less painful, but when they pass through other sectors of society, they are more difficult and need to be worked on.
“If something goes wrong because I asked for my leadership, I will take responsibility for my mistakes, but I ask you not to criticize without being absolutely sure of what is happening,” he stressed.
In his speech, Bolsonaro emphasized the fight for freedom and the dangers of PT’s return to the presidency.
The President also recalled the abuses committed by the Supreme Court during his administration and complained about the interference of other powers.
(Brazilian spring: The crowd is getting impatient. Hear this woman plead with Jair Bolsonaro to finally give the order for military intervention)
“The one who decides my future is you. You decide where the Armed Forces go. You are the one who decides where the House and the Senate will go,” said the president as he admitted the mistakes in the choice of allies.
“We have criticism, we have made mistakes and we have not been careful enough to choose the right people, but things will change. Nothing like time to make each of us better,” he added.
Bolsonaro briefly compared Brazil’s political situation with other Latin American countries and asked: “What happened? How did we get to this point? Did we take time to wake up?”
“Logically, the later you wake up, the more difficult the mission is. It’s not ‘I authorize, no’, but ‘what can I do for my country? I am exactly the same as every one of you here,” he said.
The President also recalled the assassination he suffered, said that “the moment of trial is not easy” and reaffirmed his commitment to the Fatherland.
“I have never seen in the world people take to the streets to stand for a president. For 67 years I have seen people take to the streets to remove a president […]”
“We have to see what happened in other countries (Cuba, Venezuela) so that we don’t make the same mistakes. Nothing is lost.”
“I have never strayed from the four lines of the Constitution and I believe that the victory will also be like that. I give my life for my country […] We will do the right thing and we will win,” Bolsonaro said.
With information from BSM
