“VoltaPT” (ComeBackPT) is Most Commented Subject on Twitter in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The most debated subject on Twitter on Friday afternoon, September 6th, was the hashtag #VoltaPT (ComeBackPT).

On Friday afternoon, President Jair Bolsonaro told his supporters that not supporting him in his appointment of Augusto Aras as federal prosecutor general could: “Cause me to fall sooner and allow PT to return sooner.”

The government’s opponents, particularly the leftists, seized the cue and today pushed the topic, which reached sixth place worldwide. On the other hand, congressmen from the government’s base did not even mention the matter.

The PT leader in the Senate, Humberto Costa, quoted the hashtag when commenting on alleged achievements of the period in which his party held the Presidency of the Republic. “We generated millions of jobs, increased workers’ income, ended hunger, opened vacancies in universities, eased the purchase of cars, TVs, other consumer goods, kept gasoline and gas at decent prices, ensured their own home,” he said.

The deputy leader of the PT in the Chamber, Nilto Tatto, says he is not impressed with the importance of the issue. “Why am I not surprised, that after yesterday’s interview of @LulaOficial to Mino Carta the tag #VoltaPT ranks among the most commented subjects on Twitter?”.

The other  PT deputy leader Chamber, federal deputy Maria do Rosário wrote on her account: “Brazil witnessed in amazement someone who has not been willing to debate, has not submitted a decent government plan, be elected with lies. People know who made a difference. #LulaLivre #VoltaPT”.

Deputy Waldenor Pereira said that “Brazil realized its mistake in electing the fascist Bolsonaro and the injustice that was committed against Lula in order to place him in the presidency”.

According to Pereira, “Brazil is nostalgic for when it was happy” and, therefore, asks for the return of the PT, “because one can no longer endure so much neglect and so much malice against the people”.