President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) called a post by the Metrópoles portal that claims that Bolsonarista businessmen would have started to defend, in a WhatsApp group, a coup d’état if former President Lula wins the elections in October.
According to columnist Guilherme Amado, from Metrópoles, business supporters of the government attack institutions such as the STF (Supreme Federal Court) and the TSE (Superior Electoral Court).
“Which businessmen? What’s their name? Enough with the fake news. Which journalist [divulgou isso?] Almost every week you fire a minister of mine citing palace sources,” the president told journalists at an event in São José dos Campos.
“Guilherme Amado? Are you kidding. This guy is the end of the world. It’s a fake news factory. He accused Luciano Hang of coup, is that it?”, he asked without letting the reporter explain. “Show me that. Stop the worm in your head.”
The portal reproduced the posts of entrepreneurs, which, according to the columnist, were made in a group called Entrepreneurs & Politics, created last year.
The group includes accounts attributed to entrepreneurs from different parts of the country, such as Luciano Hang, owner of Havan, Meyer Nigri, founder and chairman of the board of Tecnisa, Ivan Wrobel, of the construction company W3 Engenharia, Afrânio Barreira, of the Coco Bambu Group, and José Isaac Peres, owner of shopping giant Multiplan.
Hang confirmed to Sheet who is part of the group, but said that he almost never manifests himself and at no time did he talk about the Powers.
“I see that my name sells newspapers and generates clicks. They involve me in every possible controversy, even though I have nothing to do with the story”, said the owner of Havan to Sheet. “I am for democracy, freedom, order and progress.”
Asked about the founder’s manifestations in the group of businessmen, Tecnisa’s advisory informed that the company “does not speak on behalf of Meyer Nigri” and that he “is not a spokesperson for the company”.
Concern about frequent attacks by Bolsonarist groups against democracy led business and civil society entities, politicians and citizens to endorse letters in defense of the democratic rule of law in Brazil.
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