The first question asked to President Lula during the TV Globo interview was about corruption, the same topic that opened his interview on the same network in 2022. Host William Bonner asked the then-candidate how he would convince voters that scandals like the petrolão, still fresh in memory, would not happen again.
In his response, Lula boasted about having given freedom to institutions to investigate the case and guaranteed that whoever had made mistakes would be punished. He also invoked what he believes was an injustice he suffered during Operation Lava-Jato to argue for the benefit of the doubt for those under investigation.
The article is presented as a desolate observation on the recurrence of the corruption theme in the president's interviews. The full content is exclusive to subscribers.
