Lula prohibits ministers from announcing actions without first consulting the Civil House

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) prohibited ministers from announcing any new project or action without first consulting the Civil House, commanded by Rui Costa. The ear pull was given at the beginning of a ministerial meeting this Tuesday morning (14), which discussed actions in the social and economic areas.

The order came after a beginning of the year in which ministers suggested measures that had not been agreed upon, and which generated uneasiness in the first days of government. For Lula, the actions must be “by the government”, and not “by the minister”.

“It is important that no minister, no minister publicly announces any public policy without having been agreed with the Civil House, which is who manages to make the proposal come from the government. We do not want proposals from ministers. All ministerial proposals must be transformed into government proposals, and it will only be transformed into a government proposal when everyone knows what will be decided,” said Lula.

According to him, this “consultation” is necessary so that the minister’s “genius” is viable with the Finance and Planning ministries to be announced “publicly as if it were something of the government that is in agreement with the other ministers”. .

Lula promised to name some of the cases during the meeting that would follow. The meeting, however, was behind closed doors with no broadcast. The ministers Geraldo Alckmin (Development, Industry, Trade and Services and vice-president), Rui Costa (Civil House), Fernando Haddad (Finance), Camilo Santana (Education), Margareth Menezes (Culture), Luiz Marinho (Labor and Employment), Carlos Lupi (Social Security), Wellington Dias (Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger), Nísia Trindade (Health), Simone Tebet (Planning and Budget), Esther Dweck (Management and Innovation in Services Public), Ana Moser (Sport), Cida Gonçalves (Women), Anielle Franco (Racial Equality), Silvio Almeida (Human Rights and Citizenship), Sônia Guajajara (Indigenous Peoples), Márcio Macêdo (General Secretariat), Alexandre Padilha (Relations Institutions) and Paulo Pimenta (Social Communication).