Housewife Sues Government for $ 1,000 of Aid that Bolsonaro Talked about at UN

Value in reais is more than double what entered into your bank account

Rio de Janeiro

When she heard Jair Bolsonaro say, in his UN speech, that he granted around US$ 1,000 to 65 million people, "the largest assistance program for the poorest in Brazil and perhaps one of the largest in the world," a housewife from northern Rio de Janeiro area was outraged. She represents a demographic that has not seen anywhere near US$1,000. She called her lawyer.

President Jair Bolsonaro at UN. (Foto: Reprodução/ONU no Youtube) - Reprodução/ONU no Youtube

The amount quoted by the president, in the current dollar rate, is around R$ 5,500. Adding the four months of the R$ 600 he received in emergency aid: R$ 2,400. Not half.

The worker can still earn in the future payments a portion of R$ 600 and four of R$ 300, but even so, the total is R$ 1,300 below the estimated by Bolsonaro.

Defenders Leila Loureiro and Noemy Titan entered on Thursday (24), two days after the UN General Assembly's presidential speech, with a lawsuit in Federal Justice. They ask for the difference between what Bolsonaro declared the beneficiary was entitled to and what actually went into the woman's bank account.

Substitute federal judge Angelina de Siqueira Costa gave the Union ten days to respond to the summons and another 30 days to present its defense.

Translated by Kiratiana Freelon

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