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Brazilian developments | |
2018.01.24 21:27:35 CET | |
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This is the first time I'm posting about Brazil and politics here. | |
usually try to avoid the topic because it usually devolves into | |
ideology discussions and I'm too pragmatic to follow an ideology. | |
today's case I decided to open an exception. | |
I don't know if you know what is happening in Brazil, but this yea | |
we'll have presidential elections and today something which change | |
the whole political landscape happened. Luis InĂ¡cio da Silva, most | |
commonly known as Lula, former president for two terms between 200 | |
and 2011, had his criminal conviction confirmed by the appropriate | |
appeals court. This means he will not be run for office in the | |
upcoming elections (unless the electoral court decides otherwise, | |
this is extremely unlikely). | |
According to recent polls, Lula was the favorite to win the | |
elections, so it's expected this decision will not be warmly recei | |
by many. Honestly, I think it's a good one. | |
I have no dreams this will change the rampant corruption in Brazil | |
but I think this is a good opportunity for the left to reinvent | |
itself. Lula is an extremely polarizing candidate and besides all | |
troublesome comments he made (for example, saying he would persecu | |
the media outlets which criticized him if he was in office again), | |
would only split society even further. Now it is a good time for t | |
left to re-strategize, separate itself from popular idols and toke | |
politicians, and build a real government plan for future elections | |
Unfortunately, the more I think about this the more I realize it i | |
also a dream. The reaction will be the usual, the Workers' Party ( | |
will cry injustice and try to run a half-assed candidate with a | |
half-assed project. And what worries me is they will loose to a cr | |
extreme right-wing populist candidate. |