Lula's explanation for the polls that indicate a drop in his government's popularity

In an interview with the podcast 'Mano a Mano', hosted by singer Mano Brown and journalist Semayat Oliveira, President Lula (PT) presented an explanation for the recent drop in popularity of his government recorded in surveys by different institutes. The episode was published this Thursday 19.

Lula was specifically questioned about two surveys published in recent days, by Datafolha and Ipsos-Ipec, which show a decline in the positive evaluation of his work and an increase in the negative perception of the government. In the first survey , 40% of voters consider Lula's government to be bad or terrible and only 28% consider it to be good or excellent. In the second survey, 43% are in the negative group and only 25% are in the positive group .

According to Lula, the numbers presented by the two institutes are a reflection of a failure in communication by his government . “We did not communicate correctly. People do not know about the things we have done and, if they do not know, there is no reason for them to approve of the government.”

Another explanation given by the president for the numbers that reveal low popularity at the beginning of his government is the “lack of commitment”. In this case, he claims that the first two years were just a period of “reconstruction” of a Brazil devastated by the previous government of Jair Bolsonaro (PL). Lula then said that he is betting on an improvement over the next few months, which, according to him, will be a “harvest”.

“Until the second half of this year, I told people: there is no reason to still believe that the government is doing very well, because we are not delivering the things we promised to deliver. And I also said that this year was the harvest year and that we would deliver,” he began. “I am convinced of what will happen from now on. I am sure that we will improve in research and that the government will improve,” he concluded.

Lula also acknowledged that, at the current time, fraud at the INSS may have contributed to the fall. “When a corruption complaint comes out during my government, it is normal for people to think that it was during Lula’s government. It is up to us to say loud and clear who did it, who was the gang behind it,” he highlighted after attributing the scandal to the Bolsonaro government .