"I will not answer that"
OK, first, an apology. Another post about national politics - which i am sure doesn't exactly appeal to most, even because what the hell do i know about national politics anyway, but i am so frustrated right now that I want to write about it. My country is just ridiculous.So, the marketing chief of Lula is being questioned by the Comission that investigates corruption in the government. Yes, fine. Except that in Brazil we have a lovely law that allows him to answer simply "I will not answer that". And he has been answering that for at least 30 minutes. But he has been on the stand for the past 2 hours, if I'm not mistaken. And understand, this can last aaaaall day long. And all he answers is "i will not answer that". And before he even says that, his veeery polite lawyer says, right next to the microfone, that same lovely sentence 3 times. Try to imagine that, while the question is being asked: you hear the lawyer mocking him on the microphone. And the cell phones of the senators and congressmen rings non stop, I am really hoping for a nice Britney Spears ringtone any minute now!He can say all that because the law states that if the question leads to evidence that might incriminate him, he is not obliged to answer it. Fantastic, isn't it? And please, bear in mind the the amount of money this person stole. Millions and millions of dollars, bank accounts off shore... well, just a lot of money, let's say it like that. But not only he says "no, I will not answer"to questions that would have the value of "do you know ice cream?"(seriously, the question now was "what is the name of your children?"- and he did not answer). He apologizes, and tells us how much he is suffering in not answering.There is a very conservative columnist in a weekly magazine in Brazil, and this week, his article said: "there are some countries that work, and some that don't. ours didn't. it's a shame, but Brazil just doesn't work. and it will never work. this week's events are the symbol of our failure". He said that because two congressmen who were provenly guilty, with real, solid PROOF of guilt - including a confession of one of them, were declared innocent by the congress this week. The total number`is now 5. Why? Yes, exactly, why?
My only answer is that: "some countries work, and some don't. And ours, visibly, doesn't". And if the country re-elects Lula this year, as it appears will happen, we all sign on that. "No, we don't wish to be a respectable nation. We don't want to grow and work. We don't want to change. We prefer to be like this, drowning in corruption and lies. No need for more investigations, no more questionings. Let's just play football and go to the beach and pretend it's not true."
beijos
beijos
posted by Julia Moreira Leite @ 8:31 PM
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