Caiado blames Lula for January 8 and promises amnesty as the first act if elected
The governor of Goiás and presidential candidate, Ronaldo Caiado (União Brasil), raised the tone against the federal government by directly responsible for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) for the extremist attacks of 8 January 2023. In an interview with the program “Roda Viva”, by TV Culturathis Monday (9), Caiado attributed the events to the “absence and incompetence” of the petista.
“Do you think that if I were in the presidency of the Republic would let the Baderneiro break the National Congress?” Asked the governor, in a clear attempt to position himself as a firm pulse alternative to 2026.
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Caiado’s strategy includes a direct criticism of Lula’s governance model. For the Goian Governor, presidentialism does not include a “amorphous” figure in charge of the country, and the current president would be failing to pacify relations between the powers.
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“In the absence of the president, the other powers take care of the government and annul the power of the president,” he said, in reference veiled to the protagonism of the judiciary in the current political scenario.
Amnesty as an electoral platform
In motion calculated to attract the electorate scholarship, Caiado announced that his first act as president, if elected in 2026, would be granting “broad, general and unrestricted” amnesty to those involved in the acts of January 8.
The governor went further and linked the measure to a “conviction of innocence” of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL). “This is the condition of amnesty,” he said when asked about taking on the innocence of the former Chief Executive.
The amnesty proposal comes as a central element of Caiado’s pre-campaign, which seeks to capitalize on the wear and tear of investigations on January 8 with the conservative electorate. “You can’t spend two more years discussing the topic. The country needs to overcome it,” he said.
The governor criticized what he considers a monothematic agenda imposed on the country: “They designed a situation that has no agenda for Brazil than this,” he said in indirect criticism of the STF and PGR.
Confrontation with the Supreme
Asked about the possibility of the Supreme Court (STF) to declare unconstitutional an eventual amnesty, Caiado adopted an institutional confrontation stance.
“I wouldn’t be breaking anyone,” he argued, classifying the measure as a presidential prerogative. “Is it presidentialism or not presidentialism? So you can’t be more or less,” he said, signaling a disposition for potential clash with the judiciary.
