Minister minimizes growth in Lula’s disapproval from March to December

Minister Paulo Pimenta, from the Social Communication Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic (Secom), minimized the results of the most recent Ipec and Datafolha surveys, which showed an increase in disapproval of the third government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT).

The data released just over a week ago points to an increase in poor or very poor evaluations between surveys carried out in March and December, which evaluated both items at 30% now.

Pimenta disputed the statement that there is growing disapproval, and says that the government “works with a mix of research that shows a scenario of stability”. For him, the assessment seen by Planalto at this moment is similar to that at the end of last year’s presidential election.

“Research shows that there is still a scenario of calcification, that this ideological polarization has remained,” he said in an interview published by the newspaper The globe in this weekend.

According to Paulo Pimenta, although the numbers are considered stable, the polarization he still sees led the government to launch an end-of-year campaign to “disarm spirits”, encouraging a return to coexistence among families that were separated due to political choices. .

This is something that Lula had been preaching constantly in the last weekly lives “Conversa com o Presidente”, and which has now been seen in videos published on social media. “We are one country and one people and we want to dialogue to reduce this level of polarization”, added the minister.

Among the pieces that are already on air, there is one in which a person who has not been vaccinated against Covid-19 tries to visit family members during the holidays, and is only allowed to enter the house after saying that they have been vaccinated.

The most recent polls also showed a growing distrust of the president. IPEC pointed out, for example, that 50% of those interviewed say they do not trust it.

Datafolha asked a similar question and found that 40% of Brazilians say they never trust Lula’s statements, compared to 24% of those who say they always believe his statements. The institute also pointed out that 57% of those interviewed say that the president did less than they expected.