Bulletin 10 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy

Curitiba 4/10/2018 – 11:45 AM

1. Tuesday, April 10, started with an assembly at 9:30 AM in the Democratic Vigil camp #LulaLivre with the participation of hundreds of people who are already here in the resistance in Curitiba with us.

2. At 10:30 we met with the PT Party’s National Secretary for the Combat of Racism, Martvs das Chagas. We spoke about priorities for the “The Brazil that Black People Want” campaign, and the intensification of the fight to free Lula.

3. At 11 we had a meeting with ten governors, directors of 5 political parties (PT, PC do B, PDT, PMDB and PSB) and the national president of the Central Unica dos Trabalhadores (Unified Workers Central/CUT), Vagner Freitas. The governors at the meeting, who all came to Curitiba to visit Lula were, Tião Vianna (Acre), Rui Costa (Bahia), Camilo Santana (Ceara), Fernando Pimentel (Minas Gerais), Wellington Dias (Paiui), Flavio Dino (Maranhão), Renan Filho (Alagoas), Jackson Barreto (Sergipe) and Paulo Câmara (Pernambuco).

4. At 6 PM there will be a new protest at the Democratic Vigil #LulaLivre.

5. On this Wednesday (April 11) CUT will start a national day of mobilization in defense of #LulaLivre. Also, the Continental Journey for Freedom for Lula will begin in several countries across Latin America. More details about this will appear in the next bulletins.

Bulletin 10 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy