… which will emit no less than 52 tons of CO2. Considering the return, it will be more than 100 tons.

The article is by Claudio Dantas on the website O ANTAGONISTA, which continues: “The environmental agenda at COP27 gives way to Lula’s controversial ride on the Gulfstream of Seripieri Júnior, a generous friend and another ‘billionaire’ of the PT era.

Lula took off earlier today for Egypt, where he will participate in COP27. But the environmental agenda ended up giving way to the controversial ride on the Gulfstream G600 of José Seripieri Jr, a longtime friend, generous donor and another PT-era ‘billionaire’. Since he was elected just two weeks ago, this is the second time that PT has enjoyed the amenities offered by businessmen — on his honeymoon in Bahia, he stayed with Janja at businessman Ronaldo Carletto’s beach house, who maintains excellent relations with Jaques Wagner and Rui Costa.

These generous donations from his businessman friend were the target of a whistleblower by Antonio Palocci, the Italian from the Odebrecht spreadsheets. Júnior was arrested in 2020, then he was released and closed a deal with the PGR of Augusto Aras, to whom he would have handed over some national political figures. His award-winning collaboration, however, would have had as its main objective to overturn the accusation of… Palocci, who tried to incriminate Júnior, Lula, big bankers and other billionaire friends.

Some even forged the version that the PT had “chartered” the Gulfstream, an aircraft worth R$ 200 million. But the deputy himself, Geraldo Alckmin, insisted on taking down the fake news, making it clear that it was a ride. By an irony of fate, the former toucan lost a son in the crash of a helicopter belonging to Seripieri Júnior himself.

Apart from the problem with the IRS, as the plane is registered in the USA, in the name of a trustee (TVPX ARS) that provides the aircraft administration service for foreigners. In practice, Seripieri Júnior can even say that the plane is not his, but a friend’s.

Despite everything, I’m really worried about the environmental impact caused by this flight. According to the automatic calculator for private jet emissions, to take Lula from São Paulo to Sharm El Sheik, where the UN Climate Conference is taking place, the Seripieri Gulfstream will emit no less than 52 tons of CO2. Considering the return, it will be more than 100 tons. This is a crime!”