President Jair Bolsonaro will turn the two big world events of 2022 into one campaign act. He will be in London for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday, and then travel to New York to attend the opening of the UN General Assembly.
Sources in Brasília confirmed to the column that in the middle of the election campaign a wing of Bolsonarism was advocating for the president to privilege a local agenda. But the group that proposed using the two international stages as the full electoral platform won. The advantage is that in both cases the trip is more than justified.
At the funeral, the aim is to convey to his supporters the image that the president is not an international pariah and stands by the world’s leading leaders. About 500 statesmen from all over the world are expected to personally attend the funeral.
Joe Biden, the main European governments, the imperial family of Japan, the rulers of Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Monaco, Jordan and other countries have already confirmed their presence.
Bolsonaro did not receive a single invitation to visit a major capital in Western Europe during his tenure. He left the French government, ignored the Germans, and only participated in multilateral meetings such as the G20, where his existence was not dependent on the individual will of foreign leaders.
Planalto Palace even asked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to greet him. unsuccessfully.
On Tuesday the 20th, Bolsonaro fulfills Brazil’s mandate to open the traditional UN General Assembly. But if the first three years of its existence in New York were marked by speeches that turned into actions for their local audience, now the expectation within Itamaraty is that the speech will be transformed into a political campaign act.
The abduction of the UN tribune and its transformation into a platform was something that became a cause for concern within the prime minister’s office. According to sources at Itamaraty, the effort is a way for the talk to bring up themes such as the environment and the Ukraine issue, and to articulate Brazil’s view of the world.
However, much of the text currently under study remakes Bolsonaro’s alleged successes at the end of his term as a sort of summary of what his nearly four-year term was like.
source: Noticias
