Waguinho criticizes articulation and says that Lula will make a mistake if he removes Daniela from Tourism

The mayor of Belford Roxo (RJ), Waguinho (Republicanos-RJ), said this Monday (12) that the government’s failures in articulation generated the crisis that threatens to remove his wife, Daniela Carneiro (União Brasil-RJ), from the command of the Ministry of Tourism. During the presidential elections, Waguinho and Daniela decided to support the then candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) in Baixada Fluminense. Rio is the electoral base of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL).

The minister has been facing pressure and the position is coveted by other members of União Brasil. In April, Daniela and her husband announced their withdrawal from the party. “It’s very bad to change a woman, evangelical and most voted in Rio de Janeiro, who defended Lula in a Bolsonarist state. It’s worse to put a man and even more a Bolsonarist in his place. Folha de S. Paulo.

Waguinho criticized União Brasil, mainly because the party is pressing for deputy Celso Sabino (União Brasil-PA) to replace Daniela. “Sabino did everything to win National Integration, Communications, but he didn’t want to clash with Juscelino [Filho, ministro]Elmar [Nascimento, deputado] and the [senador] David Alcolumbre. Now he left for Daniela. Cowardly, sexist. He forgot that she has a husband. I don’t see women as a quota, but as a priority,” said Waguinho.

The mayor also pointed to the articulation of the Lula government, which still hasn’t set the tone in Congress. “There seems to be an internal war. Minister Alexandre Padilha [Secretaria de Relações Institucionais] has good will. Meets and promises appointments. But he is not the one who owns the DO [Diário Oficial]”, he said. Waguinho confirmed that the criticism was directed at the Minister of Civil House, Rui Costa. “It’s Rui Costa. There is a very big internal war and the government is not able to align itself”, he reinforced.