The government () began looking for parliamentarians to rebuild its base in , after the dismissal of political allies of deputies who voted against .
The strategy is for this to be used to serve allies who support the Executive in priority votes until the end of the year.
The rearrangement also seeks to privilege politicians who signal that they should walk with Lula in 2026. The president categorically stated this Wednesday (22) that .
Since the 10th, deputies who, in response to members of the government base who have not followed the guidelines of Palácio do Planalto.
The minister’s team (Secretariat of Institutional Relations) is about to nominate replacements. Two allies of the minister say that members of Planalto were also approached by parliamentarians, in an attempt to rapprochement with the Executive after the dismissal of their sponsors.
The president of the Chamber, (-PB), has been heard in this process and will participate in this recomposition, as well as party leaders in the Chamber. A meeting between Motta and Gleisi took place this Wednesday (22) to discuss the matter. Also present were the leader of the PP in the Chamber, Doctor Luizinho (RJ), and minister André Fufuca (Sport).
A meeting between the minister and Motta and the leader of União Brasil, Pedro Lucas (MA), is scheduled to take place this Thursday (23) to discuss the same topic. According to Motta’s interlocutors, the president of the Chamber has acted as an articulator with the PP and União Brasil benches since the presidents of the two parties broke with the federal government.
Lula’s allies say that Motta will be an important figure in this process of reconstituting positions, but deny that there will be an outsourcing of the construction of this allied base, indicating that the nucleus of political articulation will have the final say on who will be awarded these positions.
The objective is to avoid what happened with the former president of the Chamber (-AL), who distributed positions even to that of former president Jair Bolsonaro to maintain his own network of supporters — not necessarily loyal to Lula.
Furthermore, the idea is that the government has mapped out each of the nominations to demand loyalty from allies in the main votes by the end of this year. This movement is considered a new opportunity for the Executive to attract deputies who until then were not eligible for nominations, according to PT allies.
Earlier, this Thursday, the government leader in the Chamber, José Guimarães (PT-CE), said that this rapprochement with the parties is a guideline given by the President of the Republic himself. “Reagree on the construction of parties that are willing to work with the government to approve those matters that are strategic for the country and the government.”
Government officials also say that this rearrangement of positions could help to alleviate the climate of dissatisfaction among deputies with the government, especially due to what they classify as a low budget execution of funds with political sponsorship. Parliamentarians complain about the pace of payment for parliamentary amendments to the Budget, especially on the eve of the election year.
The government leader in the Chamber, José Guimarães (PT-CE), told Sheet that the PT administration took a long time to retaliate against unfaithful deputies and that the dismissals of positions linked to deputies who voted against the MP are a .
A member of the House leadership says that this reshuffling of positions will not be easy. He states that Planalto needs the votes of the center to approve matters of interest and demands that the Executive signal a change in stance in this new moment to attract deputies.
On the other hand, this congressman recognizes that there is a willingness to dialogue, even among deputies who lost their political appointments or who were moving away from the Executive. This is because the improvement in the evaluation of the PT administration caused the government to wait for a period closer to the election.
A cardinal from the center believes that the government will have an easier time rebuilding its base today through the payment of parliamentary amendments than with state positions.
An ally of Lula in Congress claims that the government should create a task force to speed up the release of the amendments by the end of this week, given the need for the Executive to approve the alternative proposals to the tax increase MP in October.
Deputies who are aware of the conversations say that this recomposition of the base will take place gradually until the end of the year, concomitantly with votes of interest to the Executive, especially issues of the so-called electoral package, such as the one that creates Gás do Povo.
A leader from the center says that there is distrust between the group and the government’s interests in this movement. He states that there is no clarity as to whether the Executive actually wants to rebuild its base or whether it is using this moment to increase tension with the center, targeting the electoral process — and cites as an example the “us versus them” discourse, with public opinion.
He says that it is necessary to separate the search for governability in Congress and those of 2026, and that the government will make a mistake if it treats everything in the same package. This is because parties in the center that are formally on the PT Esplanada have already signaled that they should have their own candidacies next year.
collaborated Carolina Linharesfrom Brasilia
