The First Lady criticized the poor state of repair of the presidential residence and said she would take an inventory of all the furniture, fixtures and artwork.
Rosangela da Silva, the Janjawife of the president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT)opened the doors of Alvorada Palace and denounced the bad conditions of the presidential residence. Leaks, a broken window and a torn sofa were some of the problems identified after the departure of the former president Jair Bolsonaro.
In an interview with GlobeNewsthe first lady was accompanied by the journalist Black Nature while visiting the Palace. Traveling through the space, including the private area where she will live with Lula, Janja showed parts of the deteriorated jacaranda floor and infiltrations in the ceiling. Also, in the banquet hall, the glass of one of the windows is cracked and part of the wooden table is chipped.
In the library where the former president broadcasts live on social media, a leather armchair is torn and the carpet has holes. According to Janja, an artwork was removed from the site and placed in the living room on a wall where the sun beats down, which ended up causing the fabric to fade. The first lady also showed a 19th-century sacred image left on the ground and indicated that many objects will need to be restored.
“What we see is that there was no care, no maintenance,” the first lady complained. Janja explained that she will make an inventory of all the furniture, fixtures and artwork in the building. You also specify that, for the future, you intend to make possible the extension of the Alvorada quotation, which already includes the physical space, also to internal objects, such as furniture and works of art, which are also part of the heritage of the lo Brazilian state.
In some rooms, according to Janja, personal belongings of the former occupants of the Alvorada were found, such as Michael Bolsonaro, wife of the former president. In others, like a living room, the space was empty, with no furniture.
“I still don’t know what happened. Whether the furniture that was here belonged to the family and was taken. But maybe there was furniture first. I need to know where it is, in what condition it is. We are doing this survey,” he detailed. She also added that, so far, no records have been found of items that may have been moved or removed from the Palace.
Janja and Lula made their first visit to the Palace last Wednesday 4. For the occasion, the anti-bomb group of the Federal Police (ET) he too was in Alvorada and took the opportunity to make an inspection.
The couple has not yet moved into their official residence and are expected to do so after carrying out an inventory and maintenance of the space, which could take longer than expected due to the poor state of conservation found. Meanwhile, they continue to stay at the Meliá hotel, where the daily rate for some rooms exceeds R$5,000.
Also during the interview, Janja highlighted her intention to reopen the public part of Alvorada for visits and also for exhibitions of contemporary artists.
Historical
The Alvorada Palace, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, was the first building built in masonry during the creation of Brasilia. On June 30, 1958, with its inauguration, it became the residence of the then president Juscelino Kubitschek. Since then it has become the official residence of the Presidents of the Republic who succeeded him.
Located on the peninsula that divides Lake Paranoá into Lago Sul and Lago Norte, it has a horizontal configuration topped by a chapel reminiscent of the old farms of colonial Brazil. The differentiated format of the external columns recalls the hammocks stretched out on the verandas, such as those that surrounded the colonial palaces.
On the ground floor of the building are the rooms used by the President of the Republic for official government assignments. The first floor is the residential part of the Palazzo, where four intimate suites and rooms are located. There is also a basement which houses an auditorium for 30 people, games room, utility room, pantry, kitchen, laundry and the administration of the Palazzo.
The first restoration works of the Alvorada began in December 2004, during Lula’s first mandate, and ended in March 2006. At the time, the intervention respected the original project and also counted on the collaboration of Oscar Niemeyer himself.
The whole process has received the technical supervision of National Institute for Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN) and support from Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Basic Industries (Abdib)in coordinating fundraising from private sponsors.
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