Populism and Vote-Buying

To these people, democracy is a system of buying votes, which they have fully adapted to.

Now, in a country where vote-buying is the basis of everything, where there is a cartel-like concentration in the hands of certain parties over the political activity being carried out here, it is definitely not a regime of free men.

Now, when it comes to populism and demagoguery, we'll have 450 votes on the panel.

This is an easy and populist solution that does not apply in practice.

They only want to give soft, populist and demagogic little speeches to ride the electoral wave this year.

No problem. They'll get an increase in votes, they'll be applauded promoting a lie they know is a lie.

That is a lie, that is deception, that is ideological bad faith, which, unfortunately, is being promoted here and will have the support of a large part of the Plenary.

This guy is my enemy, yes, this guy destroyed my generation. No. I have to avenge my generation against Lula. That's what we have to do. So, when I threw salt, I did what the Romans did. When the Romans destroyed Carthage, there was a campaign in Rome called 'Carthago delenda est' — 'Destroy Carthage.' And then the Romans destroyed Carthage and threw salt on it and said, nothing will ever grow here. I threw it and I will throw it again. Another populist leader who divides his own country cannot be allowed to rise, who serves as a kind of pimp of misery and thinks everything will be fine. It won't, man.