“I don’t feel the need to give [o meu contributo] As a politician, firstly, because I am not ready for this, I think it would be a terrible politician, and I also think that we have to separate what is military from what is political, because it is completely different areas of action, ”said Weiss Admiral Guveia and Melo in Luz during an interview about the vaccination process.
Moreover, he said, he does not feel “inclined to do so.”
“I have been asked several times, and I am absolutely sure that within the framework of democracy and civil society there are much more capable people to play this role,” he stressed.
According to the vice admiral, who has been coordinating this process since February, the military is more focused on actions than on negotiators.
“Politics is the art of constant negotiation, we [militares] we are less negotiators, according to our lifestyle, the speed of action does not require us to have great negotiating skills, it requires excellent decisions and decision-making skills under stress. ”
For Gouveia e Melo, this is one of the reasons he called “a terrible politician”: “We lack this ability to negotiate very openly with all walks of life and all the interests of society, and this is something that the military does not use. do it “.
“We have different drugs, they are different ways of being, and we should not mix them. If there were these mixes in the past, or there was a need for these mixes, then this is the past, ”he stressed.
He stressed: “I think that there is no need for any military to come into politics, we have a very developed and structured political class, democracy is structured and will always find its own ways and solutions.”
While acknowledging that over the past few months he has been forced to negotiate many times “because he had to adapt,” he says, “Guveia-e-Melo, however, stresses that“ the characteristics that helped in this process, are of a military nature. ”
“These are the characteristics of authority, consisting in the timely implementation of plans, the timely achievement of measurable goals, the achievement of high and fast rates. It makes some power to impose things over and over again, ”he said.
According to the vice admiral, the emergence of a pandemic contributed to the adoption of such decisions, but, as he stressed, “in another process, in a democratic process, this authoritarianism was immediately negative and would have negative consequences.”
And he summed up: “Therefore, I think that the military should do what they can do, namely be the military, and politicians should do what they can do, that is, be politicians (…) we live in a stable democracy things should not be confused. ”
According to Gouveia e Melo, the situation can be counterbalanced in the reverse order, and the civilian must engage in a military campaign.
“I think it may not be the best option in the end, and vice versa, it matters how we are raised.”
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