Lula’s son blames Eduardo Leite for the tragedy in Rio Grande do Sul, deletes post and recants

Luís Cláudio Lula da Silva wrote in X, this Tuesday, 7th, that ‘the governor’s mismanagement culminated in the disaster’; PSDB president criticizes the president’s son’s stance

Businessman Luís Cláudio Lula da Silva, son of president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, blamed the governor of Rio Grande do SulEduardo Leite (PSDB), due to the disaster caused by the rains in the State. In a publication on for the EstadãoEduardo Leite did not comment.

After the repercussion of the case, Luís Cláudio deleted the publication and wrote a new text portraying himself. “I come here to recant, earlier I posted an article about UOL and I ended up making a mistake! At this moment everyone is doing everything possible and impossible to help RS. I reinforce Governor Eduardo Leite’s statement: ‘This is not the time to look for culprits'”, he said.

The national president of the PSDB, Marconi Perillo, and deputy Aécio Neves (PSDB-MG), president of the Teotônio Vilela Institute, criticized, in a statement, the statement made by Lula’s son. According to them, Luís Cláudio “mixed political opportunism and stupidity when attacking the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Eduardo Leite”.

“The youngest son of the President of the Republic mixed political opportunism and stupidity when attacking the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Eduardo Leite, for the alleged lack of investment in preventing natural disasters. He commented on an article about the lack of resources for this purpose in the budget of Porto Alegre City Hall, which, in fact, is headed by the MDB, a party allied with his father’s government”, says the note.