The president () will hold a ministerial meeting this Monday (20) to reinforce demands and the rush to deliver ministries in this second half of the government. The meeting, which is the first of the year, also takes place from the perspective of someone at the top level of the government.
The meeting starts in the morning at Granja do Torto and should last all day. Ministers and government leaders are expected in the .
As usual, Lula opens the meeting with an opening speech, which must be transmitted. The expectation of the president’s allies is that he will highlight the positive indices in the last two years, but that he will impose greater speed in deliveries from now on.
The president wants to send the message that the government has reached its final stretch, it will be necessary to accelerate the measures and, above all, provide visibility in line with Secom (Presidency Communication Secretariat). The most recent Pix crisis reinforced the idea in Planalto that a more unified discourse is needed on the Esplanada.
The government backed away from the norm for this type of transfer to amount to at least R$5,000 per month, after attacks from the opposition and a wave of misinformation about the measure.
Among the opening speeches of the meeting is that of the new minister of Secom, a first for the entire first level of the government. He took office last Tuesday and has already faced the Pix crisis.
as to Sheet showed, one of his first acts at the head of the department was, after diagnosing great wear and tear with this audience. In the opinion of the president’s allies, dialogue with the segment was already difficult and became even worse with the spread of fake news about Pix’s taxation.
One of Sidônio’s main challenges, according to members of the government, will be precisely to align the Esplanada’s speech. There is an understanding at Palácio do Planalto that many ministers, when proposing a measure or making a decision, are not always aligned with the core of government, that is, with what the president wants.
In addition to Lula and Sidônio, Rui Costa (Casa Civil) and Fernando Haddad (Fazenda) will participate in the opening speeches. But all ministers will briefly present an overview of their portfolios and a projection for 2025.
Lula has a habit of using his intervention to scold his assistants, which could already signal possible changes in ministries, expected in the coming weeks. Despite this, ministers say, privately, that he should not address the reform itself.
The head of the Civil House, Rui Costa, even said in a recent interview that Lula could conclude the exchanges by the ministerial meeting, which did not happen.
“The president is focusing on improving management. Therefore, there is an indication that the changes that the president wants to make may be made this month, so that whoever comes in can have more time to make changes that the president expects,” he said on the 9th. .
“We will have a ministry meeting on the 21st and eventually changes, if the president so decides, can be made before this ministerial meeting”, he added. The meeting ended up being scheduled for Monday (20).
The president’s aides believe that Rui Costa’s prediction was made from the perspective that it would be better to hold a meeting with the new incumbents. Despite this, the expectation is that the exchanges should take another two weeks.
Lula, last week, to carry out a ministerial reform.
The expectation is that conversations will take place over the next two weeks so that the redesign of the first level of government can be drawn up after the elections for the presidencies of the Chamber and the .
The president met on Thursday (16) with the chief minister of the Secretariat of Institutional Relations, (PT). He instructed the assistant to discuss with the parties on the Esplanada dos Ministérios possible changes in the portfolios they already occupy, in addition to other demands.
The order given by the president gives clearer outlines to the changes he intends to make for the second half of his term. Until then, there were bets on specific changes to more comprehensive changes, including replacements that were restricted to the PT, at first.
There has been an expectation since last year for new exchanges on the Esplanada that include more parties from the allied base, as a way of expanding support for the government in Congress and laying the foundations for an alliance that should support the government’s candidacy in the 2026 presidential election.
