Lula commits digital platforms with peace in schools in Brazil

Havana, April 18 (RHC) - President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held digital platforms responsible for keeping peace in schools in Brazil on Tuesday, in a meeting with the heads of the three powers, governors and ministers.

In the meeting held at the Planalto palace, seat of the Executive Branch, the founder of the Workers' Party alluded to families in this commitment.

At the meeting, the authorities discussed ways to reinforce security in the school environment after the episode of violence in the municipality of Blumenau, in the southern state of Santa Catarina, where on April 5 a man armed with an ax killed four children and injured four others, in a nursery in Blumenau.

«The so-called platforms, the so-called big companies that make money by disclosing violence, are getting richer. Some are the richest employees on planet earth and continue to spread any lie. He has no criteria," Lula said.

He insisted that one must have the courage to “discuss the difference between free speech and being a jerk, or we won't get very far. Or we take into account the need to educate parents”.

In his statement, the ex-unionist also said he believed that the guarantee of peace in educational centers will not be done only with public security measures, such as metal detectors or the presence of school guards.

«We are not going to solve this problem with money alone, raising the wall of the school and placing a metal detector. I keep imagining children being frisked at the school gates, how pathetic that would be for the parents, for the mayor, for the governor, for the President of the Republic and for the country's institutions," he reasoned.

The Brazilian Minister of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino, announced on April 12 an ordinance drawn up by the federal government with rules for social networks to restrict content that encourages attacks in schools.

Brazil registerd 93 victims of attacks in schools with firearms between 2002 and 2022, according to a recent survey released by the Sou da Paz Institute that took into account cases in nine Brazilian states. Of that total of assaulted, 34 died and 59 were injured. (Source: Prensa Latina)