Padilha receives ministerial ministers; PP and Republicans will be base – 07/18/2023 – Power

Seeking to consolidate a base in the National Congress, the chief minister of the Secretariat for Institutional Relations, Alexandre Padilha (PT), received this Thursday (18) ministerial ministers from the centrão at the Planalto Palace, and at the end of the day, the leader of the government in the Chamber of Deputies, José Guimarães (PT-CE), said that PP and Republicans will be “incorporated into the government”.

In the morning, Padilha received the leader of the PP in the Chamber, André Fufuca (MA), who was tipped to take over Social Development. Then, in the afternoon, he met with Sílvio Costa Filho (Republicanos-PE), a possible nomination for Sport.

According to palace assistants, they discussed space for the parties in government. Planalto is negotiating to open space in the first echelon to increase support and gain more predictability in votes in the Legislative.

“The thesis of incorporating these parties [PP e Republicanos] in the government is already consolidated. Also those names that appeared in the press that were nominated by the parties,” Guimarães told journalists at the Planalto Palace.

“However, the president didn’t hit the hammer, he didn’t deliberate anything. What size, where [vai]or anything,” he added. Lula (PT) is traveling in Brussels, where he is participating in the EU-Celac (European Union-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) summit, and will arrive in Brasília late Wednesday afternoon. (19).

Social Development was coveted by the PP, but that possibility was ruled out by the president last week. Commanded by Wellington Dias (PT), the ministry is responsible for Bolsa Família.

Although Lula’s allies are critical of the management of the coreligionist in the portfolio and the PT has already admitted to opening more space on the Esplanada for the centrão, the ministry is seen as “central” for Lula 3.

“This ministry is my ministry. This ministry does not leave. Health does not leave. It is not the party that wants to come to the government that asks for a ministry. It is the government that offers the ministry”, said the head of the Executive, in an interview with RecordTV last week.

In the case of Sports, Lula received Minister Ana Moser before leaving for Europe. Instead of dismissing her, he gave her the mission of making Brazil’s candidate official to host the next Women’s World Cup in the championship that started this week, in New Zealand and Australia.

Lula rejects the term “ministerial reform”, but does not deny that there is discussion about his first echelon. But he said that the exchanges will only be carried out when Congress returns, in August. Parliamentarians are on recess for two weeks.

The representative also usually says that it is up to him to choose which ministry he will offer to parties that are interested in being part of the government.

“It’s just an inversion of values. At the right time, we’ll talk as calmly as possible. I don’t want a hidden conversation, a secret conversation. press will know what I talked to each one, what was offered for the government’s participation and what the government wants to establish in relation to Congress until the end of the term”, he told Record.

Last Friday, Lula made official the change in Tourism: exchanging Daniela Carneiro for Celso Sabino. União Brasil demanded the change, since the deputy had asked for the acronym to disaffiliate. With Sabino in office, the expectation of Planalto and allies is that the party finally commits to saying that it belongs to the base of the government.