The year 2025 has been wearing of government () in the most diverse situations: Na, the inflationary high and the crisis of pulling the popularity of the president down. In politics, the dragged ministerial reform hinders the petista’s relationship with the center.
The most recent cases occurred on Tuesday (22) and this Wednesday (23). The first involves the refusal of Pedro Lucas (União Brasil-MA) in 12 days after being announced in office by (PT).
The second is the resignation of the president of the (National Institute of Social Security), after combating a scheme of discounts not authorized in retirement and pensions.
The petista also made statements more disrupting that helping to solve government problems. An example occurred in relation to, when Lula stated that “if you go to a supermarket and suspect that such a product is expensive, you don’t buy.”
Remember some of the crises that led to the Lula administration this year:
PIX CRISIS
In January, the rule of enlarging the inspection of transactions of individuals via Pix that total at least $ 5,000 per month. Given this, a series of false news on the subject began to circulate on social networks, stating that the government was trying to create a transfer tax.
The crisis followed from the political use of the case by opposition, reinforcing misinformation. The former president () and the federal deputy (PL-MG) published videos implying that Planalto sought to tax the transfer modality. Given the offensive, the government decided.
The executive still noticed one after the crisis. In the assessment of the president’s allies, the dialogue with the segment was already difficult and worsened further with the misinformation about the taxation of these operations.
High dollar and inflationary pressure
Since the end of last year there has been a dollar climb against and market dissatisfaction about the size of government spending cut, and an increase in inflation.
The high prices affected products considered essential in the daily life of the Brazilian, such as eggs and coffee – there was an increase of 8.14% in prices from February to March and 77.78% in the accumulated 12 months, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics).
Amid the scenario of economic deterioration, Lula said in February that “if you go to a supermarket there in E. If everyone is aware and not buying what they think is expensive, who is selling will have to download [o preço]otherwise it will ruin. “The petista became the target of members of the opposition after the speech.
All of these economic setbacks collaborated to: According to, in February the index of those who considered the management great or good was 24%, the worst of the three terms. In April, it was 29%, indicating
Ministerial reform
The government already admitted last year to make a ministerial reform to make more space to the centron. The first exchange in the government indicating a greater change was the fall of (PT) of Secom (Secretariat of Social Communication of the Presidency) and the appointment of for the position.
In February this year, Lula from the Ministry of Health, placing (PT), which previously headed the Secretariat of Institutional Relations, in place. To occupy the vacancy of Padilha, (PT).
Gleisi’s rise has already come with a president’s gaffe: he said to improve the relationship with the legislature.
What began a crisis on the subject was: He was denounced for alleged deviation from parliamentary amendments, and to replace him, was announced Pedro Lucas, also from União Brasil. Twelve days after his nomination, he gave up being appointed to office.
On Wednesday, the petista accepted the name of the president of Telebras, Frederico de Siqueira Filho, as the new minister of communications. The appointment took place at a meeting with the president of, (-ap), and Pedro Lucas.
Crisis in
The Brazilian Intelligence Agency is also a cause for crisis in Planalto. Last week the institution’s director general, Luiz Fernando Corrêa, who investigates possible obstruction of justice in the case of “parallel abin” under the Bolsonaro government. Before the testimonials, researchers were already seeing enough elements to legally imply.
Lula also summoned Corrêa and PF Director General Andrei Passos Rodrigues, to charge explanations about a spy operation against Paraguay. The meeting was described as a tense and was even interpreted as a caress between the director of Abin and Rodrigues.
The hacking of Paraguayan authorities, revealed by UOL in March, came to light from the testimony of an ABIN server to the PF under the investigation into the agency’s equipment in the Bolsonaro government.
INSS Fraud
In the latest crisis, Lula on Wednesday the president of the (National Institute of Social Security), the target of one to combat a scheme of discounts not authorized in retirement and pensions.
The action aimed to combat a national scheme of retirement and pensions. According to the investigations, the sum of the discounted amounts reaches R $ 6.3 billion between 2019 and 2024, but it will still be determined which percentage was made illegally.
The minister of, Carlos Lupi (), even said that he did not intend to fire Stefanutto. However, the situation became unsustainable in the evaluation of members of the Planalto Palace. The government considers INSS management delicate as it directly affects millions of beneficiaries.
