In the week in which tension between the (Federal Supreme Court) and the Legislature worsened, the relationship between the president () and Congress showed signs of improvement, mainly with signals from the president of , (-AP).
The parliamentarian and the PT member had been away since the (Supreme Federal Court).
Lula sent the message formalizing the choice for the court only on the 1st, more than four months after publicly announcing the name of Messias, and there was fear that Alcolumbre would hold up the process for longer.
The president of the Senate, however, started the process and .
Alcolumbre’s gesture in relation to Messias had a counterpart for the Bolsonarist opposition. On the same day that he opened the hearing, the senator held a session of Congress to analyze the reduction of sentences for those convicted in the country — the tendency is for it to be overturned.
The rapprochement between Lula and Alcolumbre became evident on Tuesday (14), when the PT member and the parliamentarian exchanged whispers at the event in , .
In his speech on the occasion, the senator praised dialogue, good politics, the construction of deliveries by several hands and made a series of compliments to the former minister (PT), until then responsible for the government’s relationship with Congress — she left the department so she could run for the Senate.
Alcolumbre’s presence at an eminently political ceremony in Planalto, as well as his speech and whispers with Lula, were read by PT members as symbolic gestures of the new phase in the relationship between politicians.
Those who followed the crisis between the President of the Republic and the Senate say that the problem was the lack of frequent dialogue between them. Between the end of last year and the first months of this year, they spoke again on the phone.
Recently, Alcolumbre also spoke again, although not with the same intensity as before, with , with whom he had publicly broken relations at the time of Messias’ appointment.
Parliamentarians aware of the Union’s attorney general’s efforts to obtain at least the 41 votes he needs in the House say that the president of the Senate, although he is not part of the campaign to approve the name, has at least stopped working against it.
Another factor that brought the parliamentarian closer to the government was the alignment in the INSS and INSS cases, explored by CPIs (Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry). Planalto, like the senator, is interested in stopping the crisis in the election year. Alcolumbre rejected the extension of existing commissions and the installation of a new one.
On Tuesday, he and the government joined forces in the maneuver to exchange senators in the Organized Crime CPI that guaranteed the .
The non-approval of the report prevented even greater erosion between the Supreme Court and the leadership of the other Powers. The report targeted ministers, and, in addition to the Attorney General of the Republic,. Still, there were political consequences.
Right-wing groups in the Senate became more inflamed against the Supreme Court ministers, who are the target of impeachment requests. Gilmar (Attorney General’s Office) against the senator (MDB-SE), author of the defeated report.
Chamber
In the case of the Chamber, the rapprochement between Lula and the president of the House, (-PB), was consummated at the end of last year, when , an ally of the deputy, as Minister of Tourism.
Since then, Motta has tried to manage the Chamber’s disagreements with the government in relation to proposals such as the end of and the regulation of work through applications, in addition to the veto of reducing sentences for those convicted of coup acts.
His positions in the House have been favorable to the government since the end of last year, when important proposals for Planalto were approved, such as the Income Tax exemption.
Furthermore, Motta satisfied the government by blocking CPIs on the Master and anti-STF matters.
He also managed to maintain an agreement made with the PT for his election at the head of the House, with the victory of Odair Cunha (PT-MG) for a place in the (Federal Audit Court). The right had tried to impose a defeat on Motta by articulating support for other names.
The good relationship between the President of the Chamber and Lula has electoral components. The PT of Paraíba will support the ticket of governor Lucas Ribeiro (PP), made up of the deputy’s father, Nabor Wanderley (Republicans), candidate for the Senate.
The PT member, however, will also ally himself with two other candidates for the Senate in the state: former governor João Azevedo (PSB), who is on Ribeiro’s ticket, and senator Veneziano Vital do Rêgo (MDB).
