Politics

Brazilian Socialist Party highlights Campos’s fight for social justice

Party of the deceased presidential candidate says he “was going

Carolina Gonçalves and Karine Melo report from Agência Brasil

Published on 13/08/2014 - 17:07

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Morre o candidato à Presidência Eduardo Campos, 49 anos, em um acidente aéreo, em Santos (Elza Fiúza//Arquivo Agência Brasil) — © Elza Fiúza/Arquivo Agência Brasil

The Brazilian Socialist Party ("PSB") put out a note on Wednesday (Aug 13) expressing its grief over the death of its presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, who was killed in a plane crash, along with six other people. “Campos was going through the high point of his brilliant career in politics: he had been a state deputy, the state secretary of Pernambuco, a federal deputy, a state ministry, the governor of Pernambuco, re-elected by a consecrating majority, and placed his experience and youthful vigor at the disposal of his country”, the release reads.

In the text, PSB leader Roberto Amaral underscored Campos’s political coherence based on principles like social justice. “We lost Eduardo Campos when Brazil most needed his patriotism, selflessness, undauntedness and competence. It’s not just PSB, but all of Pernambuco and its people lose their leader. It’s Brazil that loses a young and promising statesman,” he explained.

Translated by Fabrício Ferreira

Fonte: Brazilian Socialist Party highlights Campos’s fight for social justice

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