André Janones did not know how to answer who is the president of Argentina.
A simple question revealed the lack of international knowledge of André Janonesa deputy from Minas Gerais who withdrew his candidacy for president of Brazil earlier this month to support Lula da Silva and that, in a television program, He did not know how to answer who was the head of state of Argentina.
In an individual interview, the journalist Roberto d’Avila wanted the politician to deepen Argentina, as he considered it one of Brazil’s “great partners”. With the intention of avoiding this problem, the 38-year-old lawmaker admitted that he did not have “an in-depth analysis of the Argentine scenario today”.
But not only did he lack the necessary knowledge to provide a global observation of our country, but he didn’t even have a basic notion. When asked if he knew who the Argentine president was, he assured him he did and tried to continue with another idea. However, the interviewer cut him off to answer.
“The president of Argentina today … is,” Janones began, buying time to see if Argentina’s name came to mind. Alberto Fernandez. However, the second part of his answer was even more unusual: “It’s Macron“And a few seconds later, smiling and apparently realizing his grave mistake, he added:” From France. “
The journalist questions him for having aspired to the presidency without knowing elementary foreign policy issues. Janones defended himself: “The president of the republic must know what the worker, the servant, the miners need; President it must know international issues but it is not the priority“.
After his mistake went viral, he referred to the situation on his official Twitter account. As he admitted, he has not been confused or forgotten who the Argentine president is, but he “did not know”.
“My biggest mistake was not knowing, because nobody knows everything but not have the humility to admit it. Lesson learned successfully! “, She tweeted.
André Janones: the resignation of his candidacy to support Lula
The Brazilian deputy André Janones, of the Avante party and with a voting intention of 2% at the polls, announced on 4 August that he turned down his presidential candidacy to support former president Lula da Silvaof the Workers’ Party (PT).
“I withdraw my candidacy and now it is represented by President Lula,” said Janones, who became famous in 2018 for his active participation in the truckers’ strike that paralyzed the country against the adjustment of the government of the then president Michel Temer.
“Comrade Janones has built his career by arguing in supermarkets and at fairs. When he brings up a proposal to end hunger, it is easy to build a political alliance,” wrote Lula, who also has support from the Brazilian Democracy Movement. (MDB) and the Brazilian Socialist Party, made up of the Party of Socialism and Freedom (PSOL), the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB), the Green Party (PV) and Rede, Solidaridad y Pros.
According to the latest Datafolha survey, Lula would beat Bolsonaro with 52% to 32% in the first round, while Ciro Gomes, of the Democratic Labor Party, would add 9% to the Brazilian presidential election.
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Source: Clarin
