‘Surprised and sad,’ says Leonardo, adding his name to the ‘dirty list’ of forced labour

Singer explained that the property had been rented to another person

Singer Leonardo was surprised by the inclusion of his name in the “Dirty List” of employers who subjected workers to slavery-like conditions. Through social media, on the afternoon of this Monday 7th, the compatriot intervened explaining that the location of the inspection was a “rented farm”.

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“I am here, I confess that I am surprised and very sad. My name gets linked in the middle. In 2022, I rented a farm so that the tenant could plant what he wanted,” began the musician, who stressed that he did not know the workers on the property: “And as a result, some employees appeared on the farm that I had rented, of I don’t know him, I’ve never heard of him and I’ve never seen him.

Although he explained that the property had been given to someone else, Leonardo he received a fine, which he said was paid and the case was closed. In the list released this morning, Fazenda Talismã, in Jussara (GO), appears with a record six workers involved.

“Suddenly I received a visit from the Public Ministry of Labor, they were very well received in my farm and a fine was written to me, since I am the owner of the farm. But not from the Talisma farm, but to the Lakanka farm, where I rented it. Until then we respect the Prosecutor and everything, but then this fine came. We did everything right, it was even archived, everything was sorted out,” continued the 61-year-old singer.

Finally, the singer underlined his position against working in conditions similar to slavery and reiterated that he would “never” take such action.

“I don’t know who was in those little houses, who built them. I’ve already planted tomatoes, I know what that means. Life is difficult there. I would never do it. I think there’s a big misconception about me as a person. Then all of Brazil knows me, knows the person I am, the aptitudes I have. This is what my father and mother left me as a legacy. I’m telling you. I won’t go into the list that they did slave labor. I’m totally against this kind of thing. And I will always be against it,” he added.

Slave labor ‘dirty list’

In total, the list has 727 names. Among the 176 included this Monday, 22 employers work in the coal production sector, 17 in livestock farming, 14 in mineral extraction and 11 in coffee cultivation and civil construction, among other sectors. 85 employers who had completed two years of registration in the register were also excluded from the update.

The list is updated every six months. According to the Ministry of Labor and Employment, the inclusion of employers takes place “only after the conclusion of the administrative procedure which judges the specific employment relationship to be similar to slavery, with a consequent final administrative decision of origin”.

Source: Terra

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