Until five months ago one of the most powerful characters in the Republic, the former mayor () sees the electoral claim in his state, the result of a political dispute that has been crashing for eight months the nomination by the President (PT) of the (Superior Court of Justice).
The filling of the vacancy in the court was even in the palace of Alvorada.
Former mayor’s opponents state that he is responsible for delaying the nomination of prosecutor Maria Marluce Caldas Bezerra, from the Alagoas Public Prosecution Service, until there is a hit on the formation of majority plates in the state in 2026, which he denies.
The former mayor has told interlocutors who do not oppose Marluce’s nomination and complains of what he classifies to be a fallacious narrative to weaken him.
Lira is intended to compete for one of the two vacancies, but the logic of this kind of election in northeastern states requires a prior political composition to increase the chances of success.
Traditionally, favorite candidates are supported by local clans and especially mayors, who act as electoral cables designed to cabal the largest number of votes in their cities.
Lira’s plan is to compete for the Senate having as viable competitor only (), who is his political opponent and will compete in reelection. With this, their victory would be more or less priced.
It turns out that recent understandings between the Calheiros clan and the mayor of, JHC (), have threatened this plan.
According to local politicians, there is the possibility of JCH to leave the PL and, instead of disputing the government of Alagoas, as expected, applying for the Senate in double with Renan, creating obstacles to Lira.
If this is confirmed, the JHC-rerenal plate would be completed by the candidacy for the government of Renan Filho (MDB), licensed senator and transportation minister.
This is where the prosecutor’s indication at the entrance.
Marluce is JHC’s aunt, who works to get her in court. According to Alagoan politicians, the mayor would have committed to abandoning Lira’s boat and paving the way for Renan Filho in the state dispute if Lula confirms the nomination.
With this, Lula would have in 2026 a strong stage in Alagoas, with his current transport minister vying for the state government, as well as a slate to the faithful Senate, which would include a popular name in Maceió and would stray of PL and pockets.
The problem, they say opponents of the former mayor, is Lira.
Allies of the former mayor state that the equation sold by JHC, who would be committing himself to the different political actors, not standing, since some of these possibilities meet what would have been previously agreed: the mayor’s candidacy to the state government, not the Senate.
JHC’s approach signaling with Lula is seen with caution to allies of the president, as the mayor changed the PSB for the PL between the first and second round of the 2022 presidential to support (PL), the petista’s opponent in the dispute. JHC has been rehearsing for months to leave the PL, but so far this movement has not been realized.
In addition to maintaining great influence in Congress, having entered his successor (Republicans-PB), Lira, to which.
On the one hand, the Calheiros Group Critica Lira saying that he was responsible for bringing a local problem to the President of the Republic. On the other hand, allies of the former mayor say it was the fault of the Palheiros involving the petista in this situation.
A Lira opponent says that the logic would be Lula to serve the Calheiros, who are his historical allies, unlike the former mayor. And that any movement other than this can bring noise in the relationship with this MDB wing that supports the petista.
The reason for Lira’s trip to the Dawn Palace on the 14th is the result of controversy, according to versions of people along with the content of the conversations.
Some say that the former president asked Hugo Motta to follow the meeting, in which Lula was discussed with Lula the Crisis of IOF (Tax on Financial Operations) and the damming of parliamentary amendments. Others claim that Lira was called.
The former mayor’s opponents say he asked Lula not to decide the appointment to the vacancy to the STJ as long as the lack of agreement to the majority plate in Alagoas persists in 2026.
In addition to Marluce, they are part of the Triple list prepared by STJ Sammy Barbosa Lopes, from the Acre Public Prosecutor’s Office – which also has heavy support, such as the National Court Corregedor, Mauro Campbell – and Carlos Frederico Santos, from the Federal Public Prosecution Service.
Lira’s allies say the president called the parliamentarian for conversations of various topics – as it has happened on other occasions this year – and not with the premise of talking about the scenario in Alagoas. At the end of the meeting, which lasted more than two hours, would have departed from the Minister of the Civil House, Rui Costa (PT), to bring the STJ’s nomination to light.
Rui would have stated that any indication of Lula will have nothing to do with the political scenario, and the repeated petista will make no decision without discussing the issue with Lira.
The former mayor has told allies that he will be a candidate for the Senate in any situation. The desire of the parliamentarian is to launch one of his children for a vacancy in the House.
