The President (PT) is expected to meet on Tuesday (25) with the Minister of Health, triggering the ministerial reform by the so-called “kitchen” of the government.
Lula has already warned allies that, as he anticipated the Sheet.
The holder of the SRI (Secretariat of Institutional Relations), (PT), is a favorite for the vacancy, provided that he agrees to not run for the House in 2026, remaining in government during the presidential elections. Padilha has already given signs that he would accept the task.
In the conversations in which he discussed Nisia’s succession, with people close, Lula expressed personal preference by the name of former Health Minister Arthur Chioro. But, according to these reports, the president admits that he should choose Padilha for political reasons and the relationship of the minister with the team that is already in the folder.
An additional argument for Padilha is the fact that Chioro is currently managing well-evaluated by the government ahead of and keeping it at this post would be a safe decision.
Confirmed the option for Padilha, Lula will define the new SRI holder. According to allies of the president, the government leader in the House, José Guimarães (PT-CE), and the ports and airport ministers, Silvio Costa Filho (Republicans), and Minas and Energia, Alexandre Silveira (PSD), are quoted for the position.
This Friday (21), Lula praised Silvio Costa Filho, who, for Lula, “has given a show”. “It’s a boy, a Pernambuco, who has no prejudice, who has no discord with anyone, and is a companion who only works to make things happen,” said the petista.
On the eve of giving ministerial reform, Lula also added that “every now and then we make a mistake.”
“From time to time, we make a mistake, but most of the time we get it right, when we choose a quality minister,” said the president, without mentioning names.
The statement took place at an event in Itaguaí (RJ).
“I was already a friend of Silvinho’s father, and now I’m a friend of his son’s father, and soon, maybe I may be a friend of his grandson, his son, because I want to live 120 years. I have a conversation every day with God. I don’t want to go to heaven. I want to stay here on earth because there is a lot for us to do, “said Lula.
Silvio Costa Filho’s allies discard the Minister’s displacement to SRI. Despite being included in the betting board, Lula himself had declared earlier this month that Silveira would remain in mines and energy. The speech was the moment other parties coveted the folder.
Also among the considered, the leader of the Senate government (PT-BA) was even probed for the function, but reportedly claimed that the largest source of tension for the government is in the House. Hence, the importance of having a federal deputy in charge of SRI.
Also within this logic, Centrão leaders defend MDB leader Isnaldo Bulhões (AL) to the ministry.
In conversations, Lula expressed sympathy by the name of the PT president, (PR), for the position as a way of proving his ability to articulate, always doubtful by the political class.
But Lula has been advised against by the transit difficulty she faces with opposition parliamentarians after exercising the PT presidency. Therefore, she should assume the General Secretariat of the Presidency
Also according to allies, the president should decide in the week the destination of the Ministers of Social Development, Wellington Dias; of agrarian development, Paulo Teixeira; and women, Cida Gonçalves, all from PT. The president’s interlocutors bet on the departure of at least two of them.
That of members of Congress, members of the Planalto Palace and Lula himself, in the area.
So, like Sheet revealed, Lula told the political and health interlocutors that he intends to change the minister. Padilha has already held the position in the management of (PT).
Allies report that the president no longer hides his frustration with Nisia’s performance. Over the past two years, the minister’s management has been marked by criticism, sanitary crises and the pressure of the center to expand control over the folder budget.
But Lula even made public defense of her, who entered office with technique profile. Also according to Lula’s allies, the number of dengue cases in Brazil weighed for the dissatisfaction of the president.
