The Minister of Social Security, Carlos Lupi announced the resignation to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT), this Friday (2), after weeks of internal pressure and image crisis caused by allegations of fraud in retirement and pensions administered by the INSS. The decision had already been anticipated by palatial assistants, who confirmed that even in the PDT, Lupi’s party, there was consensus that his permanence was unsustainable.
In a publication on social networks, Lupi confirmed his departure from the government:
“I deliver, on Friday afternoon (02), the role of Minister of Social Security to President Lula, whom I thank for the trust and opportunity,” wrote the now former minister.
The minister’s departure was sewn directly by the Planalto, with Gleisi Hoffmann (PT), Minister of Institutional Relations, responsible for Lula to negotiate with the PDT direction the terms of replacement. Conversations evolved behind the scenes and events of Labor Day last Thursday (1st), and indicated a pacified agreement within the subtitle.
The government signaled that the folder will continue under the command of the PDT, and two names already emerge as quoted for the post: Federal Deputy André Figueiredo (CE) and former Deputy Wolney Queiroz (PE), who currently holds the position of executive secretary of the Ministry.
Crisis and political wear
The decision to remove Carlos Lupi gained strength after the scandal revealed by the Federal Police and the Comptroller General of the Union, which identified fraudulent discounts applied to millions of retirees by entities agreed to the INSS. O.
In addition, Planalto estimates that Lupi maintained previous management figures in strategic positions, which would have difficult to implement a “management shock” needed to recover the image of social security. The minister’s permanence was seen as incompatible with the restructuring that Lula intends to print to the sector.
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According to reports, Lupi was advised by influential PDT paintings to leave the government and resume the presidency of the acronym, a function of which he is licensed. The assessment is that it can play a central role in recomposing the allied base in Congress, especially at a time when the government tries to contain the advance of opposition on sensitive topics, such as a.
PDT Divisions
Despite the articulated exit, the decision exposed internal divisions in the PDT. A wing of the acronym – close to Ciro Gomes – argues that the party takes advantage of the crisis to break with the Lula government. Ciro, who played in the presidency in 2022 and refused to support the petista in the second round against Jair Bolsonaro (PL), is one of the government’s leading critics within the progressive field.
Another more pragmatic wing, defends the permanence in the ruling base and bets on the replacement of Lupi as a way of preserving political space and institutional influence.
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In the Planalto, the reading is that the minister’s dismissal does not represent a break with the PDT, but a gesture to recover the credibility of social security and prevent the crisis from getting worse with the installation of the CPI in Congress.
