Boulos: Protest against the Shielding PEC and amnesty is a message to Hugo and senators

Federal deputy Guilherme Boulos (PSOL-SP) stated in an interview with journalists on Sunday (29), while participating in a protest in Sao Paulo, that the act is a message to the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), and senators. Left-wing movements returned to the streets on Sunday to protest against the Amnesty Bill and the Shielding PEC. ‘Today is a milestone: the left regains prominence. The consequence is that we will present demands. This mobilization is a message to the President of the Chamber, Hugo Motta. Prompt him to schedule the immediate removal of Eduardo Bolsonaro (federal deputy, PL-SP), to immediately schedule the project to zero Income Tax (government proposal to expand the exemption threshold),’ he said. ‘And it is a message for the senators to overthrow the Shielding PEC. And that we will not accept any kind of amnesty. And I think this process of warming up the streets will lead to the reelection of President Lula (PT),’ he added. In the morning, events took place in Brasilia and in capitals such as Salvador, Belo Horizonte, and Manaus. In the afternoon, the demonstrations took place in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, among other cities. Speaking to the demonstrators, Boulos celebrated this as ‘a historic day’ in which ‘Brazilian left-wing regained the prominence of the streets.’ ‘It is not enough for us to just be outraged by what happened this week and then let that outrage pass. We have to take that as a lesson to elect next year the largest left-wing bloc in the history of the country. It’s the complete job: electing Lula and winning Congress,’ he stated. Big flag. The left-wing rally this Sunday brought large Brazilian flags to Avenida Paulista. On one of them, the slogan ‘without amnesty’ was written instead of the motto ‘Order and Progress.’ On September 7th, a United States flag was displayed by right-wing supporters during a pro-amnesty event. ‘Here is who truly defends Brazil, we are the true patriots,’ Boulos affirmed.