The pre-candidates for the Presidency of the Republic spoke out this week about the invasion of Russian military forces in Ukraine.
Leader in the polls, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) used Twitter to condemn the war in Ukraine.
The PT said that he considers it regrettable that countries try to resolve their differences with the use of bombs, shots and attacks when it should have been resolved “at a negotiating table”.
On the first day of the conflict, however, the PT bench in the Senate had published a note in which it condemned what it called the policy of US aggression against Russia and the extension of NATO to Russian borders.
The note was deleted after the backlash.
President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) maintains the defense of Brazil’s neutrality in relation to the conflict. Over the weekend, in response to journalists, he said it was an exaggeration to call the war a massacre.
Bolsonaro was recently in Russia, when he expressed solidarity with the country. In positions at the UN, Brazil has repeatedly condemned the war in Ukraine.
Former Ceará governor Ciro Gomes (PDT) condemned the war; he said that “Brazil must, without mincing words, repudiate the Russian invasion. Without forgetting the bigger picture: the effort of great powers to subjugate smaller countries”.
Ciro also says that “rebelling against the imposition of this hegemony is imperative for life and dignity”.
João Doria (PSDB), Sergio Moro (Podemos), Simone Tebet (MDB), Alessandro Vieira (Citizenship) and Felipe d’Avila (Novo) — who are vying for the so-called third way — together signed an open letter of support to Ukraine.
The communiqué says that the defense of peace, national sovereignty and the legitimacy of the international order has always guided Brazilian foreign policy, and when these principles are violated, there is no room for neutrality.
“We make public our repudiation of the invasion of Ukraine and offer our solidarity to the Ukrainian people. We ask Russia to resume the path of diplomacy for the restoration of peace. We ask the Brazilian government to take a stand, joining the nations that defend Ukraine’s sovereignty and the peaceful solution of the conflict”, says the document.
The defense of peace, national sovereignty and the legitimacy of the international order has always guided Brazilian foreign policy. When these cardinal principles are violated, there is no room for neutrality. (+)
— Simone Tebet (@SimoneTebetms) March 1, 2022
All the pre-candidates who signed the letter had already manifested themselves individually on the first day of the invasion.
Summary to understand the conflict
After months of military escalation and intemperance on the Ukrainian border, Russia attacked the Eastern European country. At dawn on February 24, Russian forces began bombing various regions of the country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a “special military operation” in the Donbas region (eastern Ukraine, where the breakaway regions of Luhansk and Donetsk are located, which he recognized as independent).
What was seen in the following days, however, was an attack on almost the entire Ukrainian territory, with explosions in several cities, including the capital Kiev.
In his speech before the attack, Putin justified the action by saying that Russia could not “tolerate threats from Ukraine”. Putin urged Ukrainian soldiers to “put down your weapons and go home”. The Russian leader further stated that he will not accept any kind of foreign interference. The West, however, has imposed heavy financial sanctions on the Russians.
Source: CNN Brasil
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