President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva charged political maturity of PT ministers so that personal projects are set aside in the name of the formation of competitive electoral alliances, in 2026. At a meeting held on Thursday, 27, at the palace of Alvorada, Lula said that the PT and its allies need to elect majority in the Senate, next year, if they do not want to be controlled by former President Jair. Bolsonaro (PL).
Lula invited ministers, PT leaders in Congress and the new party president, Edinho Silva, for a reserved conversation, aiming to discuss government strategies in the House and Senate and next year’s elections. In 2026, the Senate will renew 54 of its 81 chairs and research show that Bolsonaro allies appear better positioned in the game.
The scenario plagues the Planalto Palace. Ministers who were at the meeting interpreted Lula’s statements about the need to set up competitive plates in the Senate dispute as a message to the farm holder Fernando Haddad. Candidate for a new term, the president needs strong stands, especially in São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, the largest electoral colleges.
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Exit
So far, Haddad does not plan to leave office to be a candidate. By government accounts, approximately 20 of 38 ministers are expected to leave in April next year to try a place in Congress and even in state governments.
Speaking about the political moment, Lula did not predict surprises at Bolsonaro’s trial by the Supreme Court (STF), which begins next Tuesday, 2. The expectation is that he will be convicted of attempted coup and violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law.
The meeting with PT ministers and leaders in Alvorada took place after a round of meetings of the president with representatives of other parties that make up the government. In recent weeks, Lula has received ministers and leaders from Republicans, União Brasil, PSD, MDB and PSB.
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In the conversation with petistas, Lula warned that he will continue to charge loyalty from his allies, as he did at the ministerial meeting last Tuesday, when he showed outrage at the fact that ministers of PP and União Brasil do not defend the government of criticism.
The governor of Sao Paulo, Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans), thickened the choir of those who thrust on the Plateau at that time. Tarcisio has been pointed out by Centrão as a possible Adversary of Lula in the 2026 elections. At this week’s ministerial meeting, in a campaign climate, the president said he believed that the governor will be his opponent next year.
Operation
During the meeting at Alvorada, Lula praised the operation of the Federal Police – called hidden carbon – that the day before yesterday dismantled a billionaire money laundering scheme at gas stations, using fintechs. The government evaluates that the result of joint work will drive the processing of the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) of Security, stopped in Congress.
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Lula’s concern is now with the Mixed Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPMI) to investigate the INSS retirement deviations. The president to this day does not conform to the fact that the government lost the presidency and the rapporteur of the board. For Lula, the plateau only took this creep because the political articulators of the PT slept at the point.
