Entities that work in food distribution criticized the attitude shown in a video that circulates on social networks, in which a bolsonarista informs a woman that she would no longer receive food donations for declaring a vote for former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) .
In the material, first posted by the Jornalistas Livres profile and which went viral last weekend, the day worker Ilza Ramos Rodrigues, 52, is humiliated by a voter of Jair Bolsonaro (PL), who asks who she will vote for president in the next election.
After hearing that you will vote for Lula, he says that would be the last lunch box she would win. “You ask Lula now,” said businessman Cassio Cenali, author of the video.
“She is Lula. As of today, there is no more lunch box”, said Cenali, while recording the scene. After the negative repercussion, Cenali made another video, in which he says he regrets the video, but without apologizing directly to Ilza.
Projects dedicated to food distribution regretted the episode and reinforced the care taken to avoid linking food donations to the electoral discourse.
Second, Alanna Lima dos Santos, assistant coordinator of Sopão com Carinho, project collaborators are instructed not to make any kind of differentiation between people who seek food.
“We don’t make any kind of distinction, if the person asks for food, nobody asks questions about his life or any other type of questioning”, says Santos.
“In the daily life of the project, we try not to be linked in any way to politicians. I myself have my convictions, but they are never on the agenda. The concern is to feed people. If any politician wants to donate, we do not refuse, but we do not our image to the political”, he adds.
Created during the pandemic, the initiative distributes between 200 and 250 meals a day in the Bom Retiro neighborhood, in central São Paulo, and caters to homeless people and workers in the region, who have seen their purchasing power eroded by inflation. of food.
The activist also reinforces that using hunger for political purposes is a serious attitude. “Hunger is a situation that exposes the other to extreme vulnerability and hinders all areas of life. Killing hunger becomes their only concern. take advantage of that to get votes.”
At the NGO Banco de Alimentos, founded almost 25 years ago, the orientation is to follow social standards in order to give food to those who are hungry, says the president and founder, Luciana Quintão. “There is no prejudice in relation to political ideology, religion or color. We treat human beings with respect”, she says.
About the episode with the Bolsonarista, she believes that it is necessary to educate people and institutions about the importance of fighting hunger. “I saw the video [do empresário] apologizing, there are misunderstandings on all sides. This one happened to be a bolsonarista, but there are mistakes from other parties as well. We need to educate our people more, show that hunger didn’t need to exist at this level and it’s a matter of public management — not just for this government, but for others as well”, says Quintão.
According to the NGO, during the month of August, more than 41,000 socially vulnerable people benefited from the delivery of 123 tons of food. 4,127 food baskets were distributed to families in situations of food insecurity. In addition, 67,298 kilos of food were delivered to registered partners.
In the video in which he apologized, Cenali denied that the lunchboxes were linked to Bolsonaro’s re-election campaign and said he has been making donations for more than two years. “It’s a job I do with my resources, I don’t have political support […] I just want charity.”
Recently, Bolsonaro was the target of repudiation when giving interviews questioning data that point to the increase in hunger in the country.
“Real hunger doesn’t exist, as it is said. What is extreme poverty? You earn US$ 1.9 a day, that’s R$ 10. Auxílio Brasil is R$ 20 a day. ventura is on the hunger map, you can register and you will receive it”, said the president to a podcast.
The president countered a study released just over two months ago pointing out that 33 million people are hungry in Brazil, according to the second edition of the National Survey on Food Insecurity in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Brazil, by Rede Penssan – a similar level. than that recorded three decades ago.
In July, the UN (United Nations) also released a report pointing out that, in Brazil, 61.3 million (about 3 in every 10 inhabitants) live with some type of food insecurity, with 15.4 million being in insecurity, going hungry, in the period 2019 and 2021. The difference in numbers is due to the research methodology.
In search of a new term, the president has gone out of his way to win more support among the poorest voters. In an initiative taken a few months before the election, the government increased the Auxílio Brasil benefit to R$600, which is expected to continue at that amount until December.
The temporary Brazil Aid of R$ 600, however, is seen as below what is needed by most of the population. According to a Datafolha survey, 56% of voters say the amount is insufficient.
According to the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), inflation measured by the IPCA in 12 months, in general terms, decelerated to 8.73% until August, but 7 of the 10 biggest increases until last month came from food and drinks.
Onion was the item that increased the most in 12 months, with a rise of 91.21%, followed by papaya (81.83%) and melon (79.34%). Long-life milk (60.81%) and ground coffee (46.34%) also stand out in the list.
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