‘The climate is over’, say artists who voted for Lula, such as Mateus Solano and Thiago Lacerda

End of honeymoon. Declared Lula voters, artists such as Mateus Solano, Thiago Lacerda and Sérgio Marone recorded a video in which they said they were disappointed with the first 100 days of the president’s government, especially with regard to socio-environmental policy. “Weather is over”, they announce. The testimonies are just over 2 minutes long, and the images also feature artists such as Fe Cortez, Wagner Andrade, Larissa Maciel, and Aline Matulja.

“The National Congress wants to destroy socio-environmental policies in Brazil. Temporal framework approved by the Chamber. Dismantle of the Atlantic Forest Law, in addition to the weakening of the Ministries of the Environment and Indigenous Peoples. A true package of destruction”, says the opening section of the video (watch below).

For the group, the president was elected because “he painted himself in green, telling Brazil and the world that nature is our greatest asset”. The artists ask the population to put pressure on Lula “so that he does the right thing and honors our vote.” A petition collecting signatures must be delivered directly to the president during the month of June.

“We know that, on the other side, the ruralists are putting a lot of pressure on the government to be able to advance with their interests. On the other side, we also have to raise the chorus: we need to be thousands asking for ‘Environmental Policies STAY’ for President Lula! “, wrote Solano in the caption of the video, shared by him on his networks.

It is worth remembering that in September 2022, many famous people came together to try to turn the vote of the undecided and of those who would vote for Jair Bolsonaro (PL) in the last presidential elections.

In the original video, which in the chorus said “turn, turn vote, turn, turn, turn”, the artists changed a gun sign with the hand, a reference to the former president, to an “L” for Lula. In the lyrics there was an excerpt that said that each vote turned was for “resistance and hope”. “Look to the future, give a pencil and take the gun away from the child”, stated another part.

Singers Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Arnaldo Antunes and Mart’nália and actors Alinne Moraes, Cláudia Abreu, Zezé Polessa and Bruno Garcia were some of the celebrities who participated in the viral.

Read the full text read by the group of artists in the video:

“The mood is over. You know when you think the worst is over, that that bad feeling is left behind?
Yeah, but then suddenly time turns. We elected this government because 4 years have gone backwards in history. They used politics to let the cattle pass, while fires, deforestation, destruction of fauna and flora and the massacre of indigenous peoples took over our forests. We elected this government because it painted itself green, telling Brazil and the world that nature is our greatest asset.

And that the standing forest would remove our country from the hunger map once and for all, but after 100 days in government… The weather is over. The National Congress wants to destroy socio-environmental policies in Brazil. Timeframe approved by the House. Dismantling of the Atlantic Forest Law, in addition to the weakening of the ministries of the Environment and Indigenous Peoples.

A true package of destruction. These are measures that affect all of us. And, above all, they revoke the demarcations of indigenous peoples, sacrificing the lives of the true guardians of the forest. A change that will devastate our ecosystems for good.

Changing, radically, the rainfall regime, putting at risk both agribusiness,
on smallholder food production. And then I ask you: how are we going to end up
hungry if we don’t even have the mood to put food on our plate? There’s still time. The President of the Republic can prevent this disaster. Therefore, we are going to put pressure on Lula so that he
do the right thing and honor our vow. Sign now the petition that will be delivered directly to the president during this month that we celebrate the environment. Because only then will we really have the mood to celebrate. Let’s go together”.