“It’s not against the economic team”, says Gleisi about the manifesto signed by the PT

The national president of the PT, deputy Gleisi Hoffmann (PR)stated, this Wednesday (13), that the manifesto critical of fiscal adjustment is against market pressure and did not target the economic team of the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT).

The statement comes after state deputy Emídio de Souza (PT-SP)a friend of Lula, released a note in which he criticized the party for signing the document.

“Let’s make it clear once and for all: the manifesto of the social movements that the PT signed is against undue pressure from the market and its media on President Lula’s government, with the aim of cutting social policies and programs. It is not and has never been against the economic team or its ministers”, wrote Gleisi on his profile on X (formerly Twitter).

“What the text states is that these pressures, the escalation of interest rates and exchange rate speculation are against a country and a government that has been correcting and improving the fundamentals of the real economy: growth in GDP, jobs, wages and income from investments. And that’s what the country needs. The PT has never failed and will never fail President Lula in its decisions”, added the party president.

Last Monday (11), Emídio de Souza published a text condemning the party’s movement. “The current situation and the narrow limits in which the government operates, with a hostile Congress and a very broad and fragile composition, disallow any amateurism. The PT cannot pretend that it is not government nor ignore the clear limits of the public budget and the constitutional and infra-constitutional rules that govern government revenue and expenditure”, wrote the São Paulo politician.

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