Text signed by Jorge Messias says that acting of a first lady has “its own nature”, but defends accountability and disclosure of agendas
The (General Advocacy of the Union) published on Friday (4.ab.2025) a compulsory normative instruction regarding the performance of the husband or wife of a President of the Republic. Among the measures, the agency recommends transparency actions and does not authorize that the president’s partner or partner assume formal commitments on behalf of Brazil.
The document was requested by Planalto Palace, After the President’s wife (PT), Janja da Silva, criticizing the lack of dissemination of information related to official agendas.
Signed by the Minister of AGU, Jorge Messias, the text recognizes that the performance of the President’s wife has “Own legal nature”which allows the performance of representative and symbolic activities of social, cultural, ceremonial, political and diplomatic character.
However, the performance must observe the principles of public administration, as determined by article 37 of the Federal Constitution of 1988. Here (PDF – 121kb).
Here are the recommendations of AGU:
- “The performance is sui generis (unique), voluntary and unpaid in nature”;
- “It is not authorized to make formal commitments on behalf of the Brazilian State”;
- “It allows to exercise, to some extent, the representation of the President of the Republic, in the context of a symbolic language recognized by the custom”;
- “State support must be strictly linked to the public interest and the needs arising from this action, based on the legal system”;
- “Both the presidential spouse and the public agents who support them must observe the principles of advertising and transparency, through: rendering of accounts on displacements and public resources used; dissemination of the public commitment agenda; Provision data on expenses and travel in the transparency portal; compliance with information related to these activities.”
The orientation also recommends that the Presidency of the Republic will establish an internal administrative flow to formalize the incumbers attributed to the President’s woman in symbolic representation activities. The measure aims to give a legitimacy to actions and ensure the resources necessary for its fulfillment.
In addition, it recommends that, on a case by case basis, the incidence of restrictions on access to information is evaluated, especially when there are constitutional or legal grounds, such as safety reasons or protection of intimacy.
Cunning
In January, the Poder360 He reported that the Lula government intended to present a (access law of information) and change the passage that today allows a 100 -year confidentiality to be imposed on information. The newsroom, the way it was sent at the time to the Civil House, did not make public the information about spending and commitments of the first lady Janja Lula da Silva.
The sociologist has a office in the Planalto Palace, influences various areas of the government and has direct access to the cell phone that her husband uses. But the government often deny access to various information that concerns it.
The most common denied request – even if not imposed on 100 years – is that of its work commitments, such as meetings with authorities, both in presidency buildings and in ministries, for example, and participation in public events.
Usually, the justification is that requests, if released, can expose the personal data of Janja. This includes visits received by her at Alvorada’s palace and public spending on her safety.
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