Senate President states that Petista greeted him in a connection and asked for help in the government’s agenda; declares that Bolsonaro wished success and told him to lead the house with “independence”
The new president of the Senate, (União Brasil-AP), 47, said this Saturday (1st.Fev.2025) that the President (PT) to invite him to a breakfast on Monday (3.FEV). The congressman stated that the petista greeted him for the election to command the house.
“President Lula wished me success, success in the mission and that I can, as president of the Senate, help Brazil, help the government agenda.”declared to GloboNews.
In a joke, Alcolumbre said he did not know where the meeting with Lula will be. “As he will pay, I can’t ask”he declared. The chief executive had already received the elected presidents of the House (Republicans-PB), and from the Senate for a coffee on Monday (3.FEV).
Conversation with Bolsonaro
The former president (PL) also talked to Alcolumbre by telephone after the victory of the senate election. “Former President Bolsonaro wished me success and that I can lead the National Congress as a senator with haughtiness and the independence it deserves”said the senator.
Alcolumbre also denied that he treated amnesty to the condemned by the extremist acts of January 8. He ruled out that the former executive chief put the measure as a condition for the liberal party to support his election in the upper house.
“In our conversation, we deal with freedom. Of party freedom. Of pacification of Brazil from the Senate. And he understood that. There has never been an imposition of an agenda. Neither President Lula, nor the PT, nor President Bolsonaro, nor the PL ”declared the president of the High House.
According to the congressman, the amnesty of January 8 is one that “It won’t pacify Brazil”. The congressman has stated that he will not leave political-electoral and ideological agenda “Contaminating the debate of the Brazilian Parliament”.
The senator claimed to be a center politician: “I want to be a voice that can propose the consensus ”.
Election in the Senate
Amapaense Davi Alcolumbre this Saturday (1st.FEV) to command the Senate until February 2027. Received 73 of the 81 votes. It’s 2ª Since I occupy the position – I was president from 2019 to 2021. (PSD-MG), which remained at the highest post of Congress by 2 consecutive terms.
The congressman had a victory without starting. Without opponents, he was unquestionable. Defeated the waned candidacies of (PL-SP) and (Novo-CE), which totaled 8 votes- (We can-Es) and (we can-MS) spoke in the podium, but gave up the dispute.
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