“I’m sure the first alternative, when arrested, will not happen. No man on Earth scares me. I am aware that I am doing the right thing. I owe nothing to anyone,” added Bolsonaro, who was stabbed. in the stomach during a campaign rally in 2018.
Bolsonaro was in central Brazil, Goias, to meet with political leaders and businessmen to discuss national issues such as the economy, the pandemic situation and the prolonged drought in Brazil.
“We are also facing one of the biggest hydrological crises in Brazil, which will partly affect our agriculture and affect energy generation, but God willing, the rains of September and October will come,” he said. Bolsonaro.
Bolsonaro also mentioned an indigenous protest taking place in the capital, stating that he did not understand the reasons for the demonstrations.
“There are now about 5,000 people camped in Brasilia. The vast majority, almost all of them, do not know what they are doing there,” Bolsonaro said.
“They are people gathered by the MST (Rural Landless Workers Movements), people gathered by Cimi (Indigenous Missionary Council, linked to the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil), indigenous peoples protesting because no one knows what,” Bolsonaro added.
Demonstrations occur when the Brazilian Congress considers a bill that limits the rights of indigenous peoples to claim traditional lands, an issue that is also being considered by the Supreme Court. Human Rights Watch says the proposed law violates the rights of indigenous peoples under international law.
A July 7 and 8 Datafolha poll currently shows Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly raised doubts about the electoral system, in addition to 20 points from his main opponent, former left-wing president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in a first round of voting.