Guardia Bolivariano
7th August 2003, 23:55
The government of Lula has plenty of people who have nothing to do with the ideals that he defended years ago... The people are going to demand that Lula fulfills his promises and that is not going to be prevented by the expulsion of more "radicals" of the PT. The Brazilian bourgeoisie is glad to have to a president "of the left" in times of crísis or economic recession, so that they get their legs removed from the mud, maintaining the masses very calm and assuring that there are no greater social conflicts. In case that the things gets worse, Lula and the left are going to be accused to be the guilty of the crísis. The rich ones never lose one.
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Thousand of employees public of all Brazil they protested Wednesday in the capital against a reform of the system of pensions for the sector approved in general by the House of Representatives, in the middle of isolated incidents. The protest, in which it accused president Luiz Inácio Lula gives Silva to betray his promises, was summoned by unions and professional associations of employees of the State, bastions of the president in its initiated political race like working leader. There were moments of tension when a group destroyed to pedradas glasses of the windows of the Congress, one of which it produced cuts to him in a hand to an employee of post office. Guards of the Congress removed from the legislative palace to some demonstrators who managed to enter, but had not stopped until mediating afternoon, according to the lieutenant colonel Antonio Cerqueira, one of the people in charge of the operative one of security in the place. "Lula: it respects to who I vote to you ' ", shouted the state workers, historical voters of the Divided leftist of Trabajadores (PT) of the president and whose jubilatorios benefits will diminish by the reform, supported by the government. The reform of the indebted public system of pensions through a constitutional amendment was approved in general by the deputies at dawn of Wednesday, giving him a political victory to Lula, that declared it high-priority, although it had to make concessions to smooth his original project. The deputies retook the votings on the reform in afternoon of Wednesday for their approval in individual, and will treat some changes proposed to the project, that already arranges an increase in the minimum age of retirement and a contribution to the workers retired officers, among other controversial clauses. Government, which he does not want new changes in the project, that soon must be approved by the Senate, needs the vote at least three fifth of the 513 deputies to be a constitutional amendment and to avoid more alterations to the project as well. A SHOUT MILITARY The attempt to force the enter the Congress, that produced a strong tumult, was an individual action of a group of demonstrators, since the organizers, from trucks with loudspeakers installed in the street, requested calm to the invaders. The workers, who in some cases traveled several days in buses rented by their unions to arrive at Brasilia from diverse regions of the country, transformed one of slogans of the electoral campaign of the president. "Now it is Lula", one became a shout military: "Now it is fight", according to he ***reflxed mng myself in numerous posters placed in the Esplanade of the Ministries, where are the buildings public, among them the seat of the Congress. "This is one of the greatest treasons of my life", said Fátima Mesquita, a public employee of 50 years already retired that it crossed more than 2,200 kilometers to arrive at Brasilia. "Lula went to my city and said that it would go to rescue the dignity of the employees public after eight years of (government) of Fernando Henrique (Cardoso). This is worse than Fernando Henrique ", said indignant. The police, as the arrival of demonstrators was increased, added about 500 cash to the thousand that it had already unfolded in the adjacent zone the Congress. Days back competing demonstrators to the reform hit the police in that place. The system jubilatorio of the employees public has become a heavy load for the Brazilian finances in a country that confronts a debt of about 250,000 million dollars. Only the last year, the system cost 56,000 million of real (about 18,360 million dollars) to the public coffers, equivalent to 4.3 percents of the gross internal product and, with the reform, the government hopes to be able to produce a saving by the same amount in 20 years
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Thousand of employees public of all Brazil they protested Wednesday in the capital against a reform of the system of pensions for the sector approved in general by the House of Representatives, in the middle of isolated incidents. The protest, in which it accused president Luiz Inácio Lula gives Silva to betray his promises, was summoned by unions and professional associations of employees of the State, bastions of the president in its initiated political race like working leader. There were moments of tension when a group destroyed to pedradas glasses of the windows of the Congress, one of which it produced cuts to him in a hand to an employee of post office. Guards of the Congress removed from the legislative palace to some demonstrators who managed to enter, but had not stopped until mediating afternoon, according to the lieutenant colonel Antonio Cerqueira, one of the people in charge of the operative one of security in the place. "Lula: it respects to who I vote to you ' ", shouted the state workers, historical voters of the Divided leftist of Trabajadores (PT) of the president and whose jubilatorios benefits will diminish by the reform, supported by the government. The reform of the indebted public system of pensions through a constitutional amendment was approved in general by the deputies at dawn of Wednesday, giving him a political victory to Lula, that declared it high-priority, although it had to make concessions to smooth his original project. The deputies retook the votings on the reform in afternoon of Wednesday for their approval in individual, and will treat some changes proposed to the project, that already arranges an increase in the minimum age of retirement and a contribution to the workers retired officers, among other controversial clauses. Government, which he does not want new changes in the project, that soon must be approved by the Senate, needs the vote at least three fifth of the 513 deputies to be a constitutional amendment and to avoid more alterations to the project as well. A SHOUT MILITARY The attempt to force the enter the Congress, that produced a strong tumult, was an individual action of a group of demonstrators, since the organizers, from trucks with loudspeakers installed in the street, requested calm to the invaders. The workers, who in some cases traveled several days in buses rented by their unions to arrive at Brasilia from diverse regions of the country, transformed one of slogans of the electoral campaign of the president. "Now it is Lula", one became a shout military: "Now it is fight", according to he ***reflxed mng myself in numerous posters placed in the Esplanade of the Ministries, where are the buildings public, among them the seat of the Congress. "This is one of the greatest treasons of my life", said Fátima Mesquita, a public employee of 50 years already retired that it crossed more than 2,200 kilometers to arrive at Brasilia. "Lula went to my city and said that it would go to rescue the dignity of the employees public after eight years of (government) of Fernando Henrique (Cardoso). This is worse than Fernando Henrique ", said indignant. The police, as the arrival of demonstrators was increased, added about 500 cash to the thousand that it had already unfolded in the adjacent zone the Congress. Days back competing demonstrators to the reform hit the police in that place. The system jubilatorio of the employees public has become a heavy load for the Brazilian finances in a country that confronts a debt of about 250,000 million dollars. Only the last year, the system cost 56,000 million of real (about 18,360 million dollars) to the public coffers, equivalent to 4.3 percents of the gross internal product and, with the reform, the government hopes to be able to produce a saving by the same amount in 20 years