O PT e as privatizações – da crítica à adesão

Abstract

The present work has as object of study the transformation of the Party of the Workers in what concerns the politics of privatizations. In view of the fact that the aforementioned party at some point arrogates to itself the position of party that intends to defend the interests of the workers and fight against neoliberalism, we present as hypothesis of this work that the PT underwent a major transformation over the years. The official documents of the party and their speeches present striking critics of the privatization policy adopted by former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. The research draws a parallel between the party's speech at the time of its founding and the transformation of the posture and the alliances made in its trajectory, mainly in the elections of 2002, when Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the post of President of the Republic. The fact is that not just the speeches and alliances have changed. The changes that took place inside the party were reflected during the years of government that increasingly adhered to privatizations, which in theory are made under the name of concession, but in practice what happens is that the management of state-owned enterprises are delivered to private companies.