Lula loses chance to take advantage of tax reform politically

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva missed the chance to politically take advantage of the approval of the tax reform by choosing not to lead the process, leaving the merits to the mayor, Arthur Lira, and the finance minister, Fernando Haddad, according to political scientist Leandro Gabiati, from Dominium Consultoria.

“But Lula ends the first semester well and can explore the idea that he managed to approve a reform that is much more challenging than the issues he will have to deal with for the rest of the year,” said Gabiati.

Gabiati stated that the main highlight of the approval of the reform was Arthur Lira, as he courageously led the process, facing direct clashes and leaving his personal mark on it. “In this sense, Lira becomes a figure of symbolic importance equivalent to that of Lula in the Republic”, he observed.