Federal deputy Alexandre Fruta stated on Thursday (24) that he would leave the transitional team of the future government of the elected president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Workers’ Party), and claimed that he suffered from prejudice.
In an interview with columnist Guilherme Amado of Metropoles, Frutta said he withdrew from the invitation after a backlash among the artists since Vice President-elect Geraldo Alcmene announced his name.
“Firstly, I didn’t expect an invitation from the transition team, and it came naturally from Geraldo Alcmene and Felipe, vice president of PROS, for all the work I’ve done to defend culture all these years. Even my fight with Bolsonaro happened about it. But I didn’t even have time. To answer whether or not I accept the invitation, because of the attacks I received from the shoe left in Leblon, ”Fruta said.
The federal deputy also said that before his withdrawal, former minister Aloisio Mercadante called him and offered other options in the transitional period, in order to stop the crisis with the artists who mobilized pressure for his departure.
“Mercadante called me concerned about the attacks and cowardly moves of Ze and his gang, and suggested other things to me, but I have no interest in anything,” the parliamentarian recalls.
Alexandre Frutta was announced as a member of the transitional team last Tuesday (22) by Vice-President-elect Geraldo Alcmene (PSB). Besides the deputy, other deputies, such as federal deputy Benedetta da Silva, were also announced in the field of culture; Councilor from the state of Minas Gerais and the elected federal deputy, Duda Salabert, on human rights, as well as the deputy, Marilia Aries, from Pernambuco, on regional development.
