The President (PT) warned of auxiliaries that the Federal Deputy (-SP) should be announced as new minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency in place of (PT). The decision will be formalized on the return of the president’s trip to the United States.
Lula informed his decision to ministers and leaders of the weekend, before embarking to the US, according to reports of allies of the petista.
At the request of Lula, Sergipe’s PT will strive in the campaign of Márcio Macêdo, who will leave the folder, as a deputy in next year’s elections. PT leader in the Senate, Rogério Carvalho, who is from Sergipe, would have made this commitment.
How it showed the Sheetthe president to compose his ministerial team since the beginning of the year, when he outlined a renovation of the first level of the government. One of its goals is to revive the social base for 2026, with an emphasis on youth. The General Secretariat of the Presidency has its office in the Planalto Palace and is responsible for the dialogue of the government with social movements.
With this, Lula will reach his 13th change in ministries since assumed in 2023, besides the expected of the Tourism portfolio, by the demand of his party, União Brasil. Lula is expected to receive Sabino this Thursday (25).
The decision to name Boulos occurs at a time when a wing of Centrão, which today is part of Lula’s base, threatens to join a right -wing candidacy in next year’s elections. One of the petista’s movements, in this scenario, would be the consolidation of a left -wing historical basis to arrive safely at 2026.
The idea is also to gain greater combativity on social networks against the pocket artillery. The goal is for continuous growth in networks in an attempt to repeat 2022, when the president’s campaign gained greater visibility in the heat of the dispute.
For Boulos, this would be an opportunity to recompose his political capital, weakened after in the dispute for the City of São Paulo.
A deputy most voted by Sao Paulo, after reaching the second round in the 2020 mayor elections, the psoilist was interrupted in 2024. In the government, he will have a chance to resume this trajectory, in the allied view.
About five months ago, Lula asked Boulos if he would give up to run for the government until the end of 2026. The deputy replied that yes, adding that his priority is the reelection of the president.
One of the difficulties faced by the President of the Republic in ministerial reform is the need for disincompratibilization. By law, ministers who run for elections should leave office up to six months before the first round.
Today, the estimate is that about 20 ministers leave the government for the dispute. Given this, Lula has reinforced allies who would not like to appoint new ministers who plan to leave posts in April 2026.
Another difficulty was in the re-regular of Macêdo, friend of the president and first lady Rosângela Lula da Silva, Janja. He should be rewarded with this effort for his election.
Leadership of the (Homeless Workers Movement), Boulos had Lula’s personal commitment in the race for the City of São Paulo. The president intervened for the PT to give up and support the candidacy of Boulos, having conceived the composition of the plate that had Marta Suplicy in the vice.
Amid negotiations with his party, the president highlighted the deputy’s loyalty and even said that he considered Boulos more petista than some affiliates to the PT.
In 2022, during the government transition, Boulos was quoted to take over ministry, having participated in the cities working group. But that did not happen, since he was already the pre-candidate for the city.
In the draft of ministerial reform, the name considered to the general secretary was that of the former president of the PT. But with his appointment to the political articulation, Lula began to consider Boulos for the vacancy.
In early May, Lula took another step in his ministerial reform with the purpose of replacing the Minister of Women, (PT), with also petista.
