President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) was received with crowded corridors at COP27, the UN climate conference, in Egypt, this Wednesday morning (16).
On this first day of public agenda at the event, after closed-door meetings on Tuesday, Lula should receive a letter from governors of the Legal Amazon this morning with proposals for the region. In the afternoon (around 12:00 in Brazil), a speech by the PT in the UN space is also expected.
Upon arriving at the COP27 pavilion this morning, around 11:15 am local time (6:15 am Brasília time), Lula met in a room with the governors of Acre, Mato Grosso, Pará and Tocantins, in addition to Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (Rede- AP) and Fernando Haddad, who is part of the transitional government entourage.
Almost three hours before the scheduled start of the event, people were already gathering at the pavilion of the consortium of governors of the Amazon at COP27 —the 120m standtwo it got completely crowded in no time.
In addition to members of the national and international press, who disputed space to get their cameras and tripods set up, members of civil society and parliamentarians also tried to secure their seats early on. Among them were deputy Alessandro Molon (PSB-RJ) and Airton Faleiro (PT-PA).
See below the moment of Lula’s arrival and also the crowded space before the event:
However, UN security guards completely emptied the space before Lula’s arrival under the justification of guaranteeing the president-elect’s safety.
In the crowd that formed during the wait, supporters sang campaign songs in choruses.
Still this Wednesday, Lula will make a speech at the UN. On Thursday (17), he meets at 10:00 am (local time, 5:00 am Brasília time) with representatives of Brazilian civil society and, at 3:00 pm (10:00 am Brasília time), participates in the International Forum of Indigenous Peoples/Forum of Peoples on Climate Change.
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