00:00This is the announcement that made the president of Brazil and candidate for re-election, President
00:06Luís Ignacio Lula da Silva. And I want to ask you, Belén, let's go back to you. Why do you
00:12think
00:12this is the moment, this precise moment was the moment in which Lula decided to announce,
00:18to make this announcement in this moment of the electoral campaign?
00:23Well, I think that it is a way of responding to what happened in the debate on Monday.
00:30Because it was one of the main topics that Flavio Bolsonaro tried to push and push
00:36without answering for himself several other accusations. So let's recall that in the debate,
00:44Flavio Bolsonaro was accusing, loosely accusing, because he wasn't really making a statement. He was
00:51letting people know or letting the idea around that both Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva or his family members
00:59were involved in corruption cases. And at the same time, Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva was saying that he
01:05had nothing to hide and that all the investigations that had to be underway would be without any
01:12hindering of the process on his behalf. And he was asking Flavio Bolsonaro if he would do the same.
01:19For example, in the very specific case of Bancomaster, let's recall there is an ongoing investigation in
01:27Brazil that has proven one of the largest frauds in terms of a bank and a banker.
01:33Boletaro is the name that is around everyone's house and it's a great fraud and the links that he has
01:42with several people in the entire
01:44Brazilian community political class, particularly Flavio Bolsonaro.
02:01That is an investigation that is underway. There is a serious suspicion that there are corruption
02:09links between those two characters. So Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva is forcing now Flavio
02:15Bolsonaro on a situation that he needs to answer. Is he going to open up all the records, bank,
02:23electronic taxes for the past eight years with him and his family, that includes his brother,
02:28that includes his brother. There's a lot there to keep track of. So he is putting in a position to
02:35answer to his voters,
02:37because he's been talking so much about corruption. What is he going to do in this moment?
02:41And that is what we're seeing. And I think it's a strategy to go over what happened in the debate
02:47and force them not to just remain on the word level, to really come up with the evidence. He is
02:53saying that he's willing to show everything. Thank you. Thank you, Bel, for your key.
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