Lula in Rio Grande do Sul condemns false information about aid efforts

(ANSA) – SAO PAULO, MAY 15 – On his third journey to Rio Grande do Sul, the place he visited the households of the municipality of San Leopoldo, among the many most affected by the floods, the Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva lashed out towards what number of in current days have unfold false information about aid efforts. “Sometime” individuals spreading disinformation concerning the Rio Grande do Sul catastrophe will likely be “banned from Brazilian politics,” Lula mentioned. “I’m positive that after the 1000’s of volunteers who’ve moved all through the nation, the sort of individual will likely be banned from Brazilian politics,” added the pinnacle of state. A number of hours earlier, in an interview with Globo, the president had said: “I did not know that there was such a rogue species as those that unfold faux information.” In a letter despatched to the Ministry of Justice, the Extraordinary Minister for Reconstruction, Paulo Pimenta, reported the social profiles that will have unfold false content material on the work carried out to assist individuals affected by the floods in Rio Grande do Sul, and the Federal Police has opened an investigation into the case. (HANDLE).