Government members (PT) press for the Minister of Communications, (-MA), a resignation from the position (Attorney General’s Office), under.
According to ministers linked to the Planalto Palace, the expectation is that Juscelino will take the initiative to leave to defend himself in the exercise of the mandate of federal deputy, a position of which he graduated to take over the portfolio. One of them recalls that Lula had already expressed to the Summit of União Brasil the desire for the minister to leave in June 2024, which did not happen.
That same month, if he were reported by. At the time, Lula stated that the minister was aware of this situation.
Already at the time, Lula admitted to allies the preference for the minister’s resignation, which would avoid the government’s distress. When informed of the complaint on Tuesday (8), ministers evaluated, in conversations reported to the Sheetthat the embarrassment could have been avoided if Juscelino had taken the initiative.
Juscelino was denounced to the (Federal Supreme Court) by PGR on Tuesday (8) in the investigation in which he had been indicted by the case when he was a federal deputy. It will be up to the Court to decide whether to accept the complaint and if he becomes a defendant.
Members of the Chamber summit told the report that Juscelino’s departure is expected in the face of Tuesday’s complaint, precisely by this statement by Lula last year.
There is an assessment between government members and parliamentarians that this eventual departure from Juscelino can unlock a new phase of the petista’s ministerial reform. There was already this week, to deal with the theme.
Among the president’s interlocutors, there is an expectation that Lula will start the articulation with base parties. One of the bets is the appointment of a PSD member to the command of the Ministry of Tourism. Currently the folder is headed by (União Brasil-PA).
This is a claim from the PSD bench on. Among the names cited are those of Deputy Pedro Paulo (RJ) and the current Minister of Fisheries, André de Paula, who is former deputy.
In this scenario, they say that Sabino could be moved to the communications portfolio in the place of Juscelino. Even an ally of Juscelino acknowledges that the situation is delicate and that “empty space in politics has to be filled”.
Another name already mentioned for the function was that of the former Union leader (BA), but which lost strength after breaking with the former mayor (PP-AL).
Despite the incentives for the departure of Juscelino, a Lula government member states that sewing “is not simple”, given the good relationship that the minister maintains with the Union Brazil summit and Centrão politicians. In the government, Juscelino is described as resilient, to the point of having resisted last year’s pressure, with party support.
The president of União Brasil, Antonio Rueda, issued a statement to the press on Tuesday reiterating the party’s support to Juscelino and saying that the acronym “remains next to the minister”.
“The party points out that the minister has not yet had the opportunity to exercise his right to the contradictory within the PGR and that he will comment on the Supreme Court, where he could present his defense in full,” says the text.
Rueda states in the note that “complaints do not equal guilt” and that the principle of presumption of innocence must be respected. “We continue to trust the seriousness and competence of Minister Juscelino Filho, who has been doing his work at the head of the Ministry of Communications with commitment and concrete results for the Brazilian population.”
The party’s bench in the House also issued a note of support to the minister, signed by leader Pedro Lucas Fernandes (MA), reaffirming confidence in the minister and praised his performance at the head of the portfolio.
“The performance of the minister has been based on responsibility, competence and concrete results, with public policies aimed at expanding connectivity and the digital inclusion of millions of Brazilians, especially in the most remote areas of the country. The bench remains following the developments of the case with serenity and confidence in the institutions, certain that all points will be properly clarified,” says the text.
In the bookmaker, if União Brasil loses the command of tourism to the PSD, the party can be rewarded or with the fishing paste or with that of science and technology, now headed by Luciana Santos, from PC do B.
In this case, Luciana could be displaced to the Ministry of Women, as Lula’s allies give certain departure from Minister Cida Gonçalves.
Another bet is at the departure of the Minister of Agrarian Development, Paulo Teixeira. , the name of the senator (PT-PA) has circulated as a substitute potential of Teixeira in the folder.
