The former minister said that the president () called him to be a candidate for federal deputy in 2026 but he will only decide whether to run for a place in the House later this year.
At an event celebrating his birthday at the ELZA SOARES Shed, MST (Landless Rural Workers Movement), on Saturday morning (15), Dirceu said that the president had also asked him to work in the PT’s internal elections.
“The president had already summoned me for two tasks: participate in the militant, clearly supporting Edinho [Silva] And that I studied the possibility of being a federal deputy, which I will do at the end of the year. Now we have to rule Brazil, support the president, “he said.
According to the former minister these two calls were made by Lula last year.
The two petistas met on Friday night (14) at the 80th anniversary party of former mayor Marta Suplicy, in her building, in the gardens.
At the time Lula to federal deputy. The two petistas greeted themselves warmly
Lula, who was sitting at a corner table, went to Dirceu, who was in the middle of the hall. “It is in good health,” the president told the former minister. “Our health is good,” said Dirceu.
“I’ll need your support,” Dirceu told Lula.
Dinner brought together several PT leaders and close to the government. In addition to Lula and the First Lady, Janja attended the ministers Fernando Haddad (farm), Alexandre Padilha (Health) and Ricardo Lewandowski (Justice), Federal Deputies Rui Falcão (PT), Carlos Zarattini (PT), Guilherme Boulos (PSOL) and Orlando Silva (PC do B), as well as state deputies, marketers and petist leaders.
The president was received by Marta and her husband, businessman Márcio Toledo, at the entrance of the building and climbed to the couple’s apartment, accompanied by closest friends, such as Falcon, Haddad and lawyer Marco Aurélio de Carvalho, from the Prerogativos Group.
