Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva assured, this Friday, that he will not keep in the government someone who practices harassment, due to accusations made against the minister of human rights and citizenship, Silvio Almeida.
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00:00In Brazil, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva assured on Friday that he would not keep in the government someone who practices harassment due to accusations made against the Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship, Silvio Almeida.
00:12Lula da Silva said that they would have to investigate properly and added that continuity in the government is not possible because the government would not do justice to its discourse, to its defense of women with someone who is being accused of harassment.
00:27He continued saying that he would talk to the ministers Almeida and Ángel Franco and would make a decision afterwards.
00:33The president informed that although the minister would not remain in the government, their right to defense and their presumption of innocence must be allowed.