Brazil’s new president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was sworn in to Congress (parliament) on Sunday and vowed to “rebuild the country together with the Brazilian people” after what he called Jair’s “disastrous” record. Bolsonaro, AFP and DPA news agencies reported. , quoted by Agerpres.

In his third term in office after two terms from 2003-2010, Lula da Silva (77) announced his intention to strengthen environmental protection and fight hunger, amid slowing economic growth and rising inflation.

He accused his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, of “exhausting health care resources, dismantling the system of education, culture, science and technology, and destroying environmental protection.”

“We will be able to live without cutting down trees, without burning” forests, assured the new Brazilian president, recalling his goal of “zero deforestation in the Amazon.”

At the end of his speech in the country’s parliament, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was applauded by some elected officials who chanted “Lula, warrior of the Brazilian people!”.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also ruled Brazil from 2003 to 2010, when his government took advantage of the boom in the extractive industry and was able to lift millions of Brazilians out of poverty with massive social programs.

However, during his previous two mandates, corruption in Brazil worsened. He himself was sentenced to prison for corruption and money laundering, although the sentence was later overturned.

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