The defeats applied by Congress to the Government (PT) last week led to a witch hunt in the Planalto Palace Political Articulation team and launched doubts about the leadership of the Chamber Presidents, (-PB), and (-AP).
The domain of opposition over the INSS CPI and the approval of the printed vote on a Senate committee on Wednesday (20) reinforced a history of Lula’s setbacks, with the support of their own base. These were bitter enough to wear out government negotiators in Congress.
This time, however, there was: the stumble was divided with Motta and Alcolumbre, who had been acting in partnership with the government and promised him to create a controlled environment in the CPI.
A and, in particular, resulted in the questioning of the leadership of alcohumbre and Motta and, which began to seek culprits between traitors, omissions and relapses.
The episodes were motivated, according to congressmen, by two elements considered old. The first would be the delay in the schedule of the release of funds to the billionaires parliamentary amendments. The second, the alleged loose reaction of Motta and Alcolumbre to what parliamentarians consider as an offensive of the Supreme Court (STF) on legislative prerogatives and the amendments, both in the field of regulation and in the investigation.
As in previous episodes, government defeats were pulled by members of center and right -wing parties who command ministries in Lula management.
On Wednesday, the articulation was led by União Brasil and PP, which, despite having four folders on the Esplanada, did.
The turnaround in the CPI was articulated, among others ,.
After the setback, Lula met with Motta at the Dawn Palace, and Minister Gleisi Hoffmann (institutional relations), responsible for the political articulation, and.
Governors went public to admit the failure. “Despite the result that the opposition achieved, due to errors in the mobilization of our base, we will continue to work, correcting the errors, so that the CPI is not instrumentalized to meet political interests, “.
Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (PT-AP), Government leader in Congress, assumed the blame. He said that.
“There was some underestimation. The government base was surprised because it had to have mobilized more. This is a fact. There was a problem,” said PT leader in the House, Lindbergh Farias (RJ).
Lula and the Congress had closed the legislative semester in conflict and with a list of pending. The reckoning, however, had been postponed with which he occupied the plenary of the House and Senate in protest against the former president’s house arrest.
In the return of Congress, Motta had already suffered two clear defeats, which shook confidence in their ability to maintain control over other colleagues: e.
For the CPI, Motta had chosen the co-religionist Ricardo Ayres (Republicans-TO) as rapporteur, but he was changed by Alfredo Gaspar (União Brasil-AL) after the opposition victory.
Allies, however, minimize the distress of the mayor. In their evaluation, the error came from the articulation of the Lula administration and, therefore, would not fit a motta reaction.
In the evening, when asked if the turnaround represented a defeat to him, Motta replied not, because he is not the government leader. “I think it was a fault of the political articulation of the government with the parties,” he replied.
A center leader, however, says the episode shows once again that Motta has his authority questioned among parliamentarians and is not in charge of the house plenary. In the words of this parliamentary ally, Motta lost credibility among colleagues and also with the federal government.
A ruling parliamentarian, in turn, recognizes flaws in the executive’s articulation in this episode, but says it is necessary to use the moment to join Motta more and strengthen it internally, trying to isolate pockets.
Already alcohubre, who commands the second time the Senate, had obtained better luck in the case of the riot Bolsonarista, when he recovered the plenary chair without the public agras that the House colleague faced, but on Wednesday also had a rare moment of fragility.
Parliamentarians claim that the government has distanced itself from the articulations around the CPI, trusting that no one would challenge the authority of alcohubre. The Senate President said Omar Aziz (PSD-AM) would be nominated for the position in June. After that, Aziz himself started to discuss the rapporteur with the mayor and speak as president, even before elected.
The Senate President is seen today by Bolsonarists as one of the main obstacles for approving an Anestist AE to the January 8 scammers. Alcolumbre not only stood against the bill, but also articulated an alternative text, which would not benefit the former president.
Asked about the episode, Alcolumbre just said: “My authority [desrespeitada]? I’m not a CPI voter. “
After the occupation of the Plenary, the Senate President also stated that he did not intend to vote on impeachment against the Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes, another flag of the former president’s allies.
