The President (PT) receives on the morning of Monday (3) for a meeting at the Planalto Palace the new presidents of the House and Senate, respectively Deputy (Republicans-PB) and Senator (União Brasil-AP).
It was expected that the two would be received separately, but President Lula’s agenda for Monday shows a joint meeting at 10 am. Also participating the Minister of Institutional Relations, Alexandre Padilha.
The meeting takes place hours before the opening session of the legislative year, which will be in the afternoon. The ceremony is not on the agenda of the President of the Republic.
David Alcolumbre was elected on Saturday afternoon (1st) to return to the presidency of the Senate, after a period of two years. Moments after the announcement of the result, which congratulated it.
The call was through the Government leader in Congress, Randolfe Rodrigues (PT-AP), who passed the phone to alcohubre.
Hours later, it was Hugo Motta’s turn to be elected, with the vote of 444 of the 513 federal deputies. , but this Sunday (2).
Lula officially stated that he would not intrude on the election for the two houses of the National Congress. The two names, however, had the support and endorsement of the Planalto Palace.
The situation became clearer when the president ordered his ministers who are senators or deputies to lice away from the folders to return to Parliament to vote for both candidates.
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