The agriculture event suggested the agriculture minister should not attend the opening to prioritize the presence of Bolsonaro, who will have his first public agenda in Brazil after being accused of instigating a coup attempt that takes place every year in Ribeirão Preto (SP). The information was confirmed on Friday (28/04) by the minister of the Secretariat for Communication of the Presidency, Paulo Pimenta.
The decision comes after the organization of the “uninvited” event by the Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, for the opening of the fair, and he gave preference to the presence of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who will have his first agenda public in the country in 2023, four months after he was accused of instigating a coup attempt that led to the destruction of the headquarters of the Three Powers.
Banco do Brasil is one of the main financial agents participating in Agrishow. This year, the bank expects to generate R$1.5 billion in business at the fair.
Traditionally, the Agriculture portfolio holder is a prominent guest at the opening of Agrishow, even more so at the start of a new government. The presence of former presidents at the inauguration is unprecedented. In 2022, the agribusiness sector, for the most part, supported Jair Bolsonaro’s re-election bid.
According to Minister Carlos Fávaro, the president of the fair, Francisco Matturro, got in touch with the ministry to inform of Bolsonaro’s presence at the inauguration and that this could cause discomfort or demonstrations against the government.
“I was not invited, perhaps to avoid inconvenience. I was asked if it would be better for me to go on the 2nd. I understood the message, I understood,” said the minister. “I understand that Brazil must move forward, it is a trade fair there and not a political platform. But if at a certain moment they want to transform Agrishow into a political platform, it is the right of its organizers that they can do so with peace of mind,” Fávaro criticized.
To journalist Andréia Sadi, the minister said he believed the whole situation was coordinated with the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republican), an ally of Bolsonaro, in an attempt to politically embarrass the government.
The president of the fair denied that he had not invited Fávaro to the opening of the Agrishow. Matturro told Globo Rural that it was his “obligation to inform the minister of the movement that is taking place in Ribeirão Preto”. “We called with concern to inform you that the former president will be at the fair and we just want to inform you that there may be embarrassment for everyone,” he said.
Bolsonaro should participate in the fair in the company of the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), an ally of the former president. According to the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper, the invitation to Bolsonaro to visit Ribeirão came from the president of the Rural Union of Ribeirão Preto, Paulo Junqueira, who also chairs the Rural Association of Ribeirão and is vice president of the Rural Association Vale fare Rio Pardo.
Sponsorship
The organization’s attitude led the government to review Banco do Brasil’s sponsorship of the fair. The first public move in this direction was made by Minister Márcio França (Ports and Airports), who contested the bank’s sponsorship on Twitter. “If Agrishow doesn’t want the federal government at the event, I don’t know if Banco do Brasil and the federal government should continue to sponsor the event,” he wrote.
Subsequently it was the turn of the minister of the Secretariat for Communications, Paulo Pimenta, to take the floor. “To the extent that the demonstration loses its institutional character and to the extent that there has been this discourtesy towards the minister [da Agricultura] and with Banco do Brasil accompanying it to the event, sponsorship is no longer justified,” he said.
“Impoliteness and change of character from an institutional agribusiness promotion event to an event with political and ideological characteristics. Either it is a plural and non-partisan trade fair or it cannot be publicly sponsored,” Pimenta told O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper. .
Banco do Brasil, on the other hand, announced that it will be present at Agrishow through its commercial and customer service activities. “BB will take appropriate measures if there is any deviation from the planned corporate purposes during the exhibition.”
Bolsonaro
The presence at the opening of the Agrishow will mark Bolsonaro’s first participation in a public event in Brazil since the former president left the Planalto and was accused of instigating the January 8 attacks.
This week, Bolsonaro testified to federal police as part of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) investigation into the January 8 coup d’état acts. Also in April, Bolsonaro made another statement to the PF to talk about his participation in the case of jewels received from Saudi Arabia. It is suspected that the former president acted to illegally incorporate the jewels, valued at millions of reais, into his estate.
Bolsonaro’s full schedule in Ribeirão Preto has not been released. To the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper, the farmers said they will participate in a barbecue on a farm. Supporters of the former president have also claimed on social networks that Bolsonaro could participate in a “motorcycle” in the city.
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Source: Terra
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