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Renan calls Cury’s rise ‘cowardice’ and a ‘Rivotril cycle’: ‘Empty speech’

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  • Brazilian presidential candidate Renan Santos attacked Augusto Cury’s rise in opinion polls, calling it “the rise of cowardice” and warning of an “Rivotril cycle.”
  • Speaking at a September 7 event in São Paulo, Renan also demanded the removal of senior Supreme Court, federal police and prosecutorial officials.
  • The event included criticism of other presidential candidates and drew hostility from supporters toward a reporter’s question about proposals for women voters.

Renan Santos used a September 7 rally in São Paulo to attack the growing support for presidential candidate Augusto Cury, describing it as “the rise of cowardice” and a consequence of what he called Cury’s “empty speech.”

The rise of cowardice.

· Renan SantosRenan’s description of Augusto Cury’s growing support in opinion polls.

Cury, a self-help author running for the Avante party, placed third in a Quaest poll released the previous week. He received 10% in both scenarios tested, an eight-point increase from the earlier survey. Datafolha also recorded growth for Cury, who has overtaken candidates such as Renan Santos seeking to present themselves as alternatives to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro. Lula and Bolsonaro’s political camp nevertheless continued to dominate the race.

At an event outside the Obelisk monument in São Paulo’s Ibirapuera Park, Renan said voters were “addicted to error.” He also read a manifesto criticizing the “state of affairs” that led to the scale reached by the Banco Master scandal. Renan called for the departures of Supreme Federal Court ministers Alexandre de Moraes and Dias Toffoli, Federal Police Director-General Andrei Rodrigues, and Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet.

Empty speech.

· Renan SantosRenan’s characterization of Cury’s campaign message.

Federal lawmaker Kim Kataguiri, also of Missão, called for Moraes to be arrested and criticized the other presidential candidates for lacking the independence to make the same demand. “I am sure that, whether out of dishonesty, involvement with Vorcaro or Master, or cowardice, the other candidacies will not commit themselves,” he said. Kataguiri also attacked Toffoli, who had suspended Renan’s digital campaign the previous week before reversing the decision.

I am sure that, whether out of dishonesty, involvement with Vorcaro or Master, or cowardice, the other candidacies will not commit themselves.

· Kim KataguiriKataguiri criticized other presidential campaigns for not calling for Alexandre de Moraes’s arrest.

The rally also exposed tension with the press. When a Rádio Bandeirantes journalist asked Renan about proposals for women voters, supporters jeered. Renan intervened, saying, “The question is good and he is not wrong to ask it.”

The question is good and he is not wrong to ask it.

· Renan SantosRenan defended a journalist after supporters jeered at a question about women voters.
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Originally published by Estadão in Portuguese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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