Lula makes fun of explaining why he hasn’t met the Brazilian press in China

Journalists sent to Asia had little access to the president and took a “shower in the chair” during a press conference

On “CNN Prime Time,” host Márcio Gomes highlighted the general embarrassment caused by Lula avoiding reporters during his visit to China.

The president canceled his presence at the press conference in extremis where he would have evaluated the trip. The journalists waited for 2 hours in a hall of the Palazzo del Popolo.

The day before, in a hotel in Shanghai, Bianca Rothier, correspondent for Globo and GloboNews in Switzerland, tried to listen to him. She was ignored and the security guards ordered her away.

London-based CNN Brazil special envoy Américo Martins also failed to get an exclusive statement from the PT. Patrícia Vasconcellos, of SBT, has only seen Lula from afar during official engagements.

The president only met with reporters after leaving his hotel in Beijing. A quick interview in which he dodged controversy.

“I’m sorry I didn’t talk to you, it wasn’t possible. The schedule was busy and when I had an hour left I was nervous. I wasn’t going to give an interview totally disconnected from my beauty,” she said in a good mood.

He finally lamented his team Corinthians’ 2-0 loss to Remo in the Copa do Brasil. “It’s not right.”

Most of the news on Friday evening (14) did not have time to show the material of the conversation just 8 minutes before the departure of the delegation for Abu Dhabi. The right-wing Jovem Pan News broadcast a live excerpt.

In Brazilian newsrooms, the president’s unusual detachment was interpreted as an attempt to avoid uncomfortable questions related to Xi Jinping’s government.

Of course, Lula would be questioned about China’s human rights violations, the threat of an invasion of Taiwan, its support for Russia in the war in Ukraine, and the recent change in the IRS rule to tax “digital smuggling” (in words of the Finance Minister, Fernando Haddad) from Chinese companies to Brazil.

What happened is rare. On an important trip abroad, heads of state usually take advantage of the presence of the press in their country to spread good points and thereby increase their political capital and popularity.

Lula likes a camera and a microphone. This time, she has avoided as much as possible what could become harmful exposure to her self-image.

In recent days, the federal government’s communication has received criticism from commentators on GloboNews, Jovem Pan News and CNN Brasil.

Everyone sees unacceptable bungling causing confusion in public opinion and feeding the narrative machine of opposition to Congress and the far right on the internet. “Amateurism,” said Clarissa Oliveira on ‘Arena CNN’.

Source: Terra

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