Márcia Lopes was invited about 1 month ago to enter the place of Cida Gonçalves; accusations of bullying weighed on the decision for the ministerial exchange
The President (PT) will meet this Monday (5.MAI.2025) with the petista Marcia Lopes to officialize the invitation to the Ministry of Women. It will replace. The announcement of the exchange, however, should be officialized only on Tuesday (6.MAI).
Cida is accused of in the organ. Despite denying the accusations and being a friend of the first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, that was one of the reasons that weighed to get her out of the women’s command. In February, the Public Ethics Commission of the Presidency a case against it.
Main name to replace Cida, Márcia Lopes is a social worker and teacher. He has been affiliated with PT since 1982. He was Minister from 2010 to 2011, in Lula’s 2nd term. Previously, he had been executive secretary of the organ.
The petista is also sister of the National Secretary of Solidarity Economy of the Ministry of Labor, Gilberto Carvalho, former minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency (2011 to 2015) and former chief of staff of Lula (2003-2010). In 2012, he was a candidate for Londrina City Hall (PR) by the PT, but was in 3rd place.
Lula met with Cida on Friday (2.Mai), at the Planalto Palace. The meeting lasted less than 20 minutes. The executive chief was expected to be resigned from the minister before the Labor Day holiday on May 1, but the decision was postponed because of the resignation of.
The exchange of women is an advance in the negotiations for ministerial reform, expected since the 2024 municipal elections. Lula, however, has had difficulty negotiating space spaces with center parties. The petista charges a commitment to his reelection in 2026, but subtitles at most accept governability in Congress by the end of the year.
Once again, the PT will benefit from the new exchange in government. So far, the most recent changes have occurred at the Secretariat of Social Communication, where Paulo Pimenta gave way to Sidônio Palmeira, and at the Secretariat of Institutional Relations, with the departure of Alexandre Padilha and the entry of Gleisi Hoffmann. Padilha, in turn, took over the Ministry of Health.
There was also a change in the Ministry of Communications: Juscelino Filho (União Brasil) was replaced by Frederico de Siqueira, appointed by Senate President David Alcolumbre (Brazil-AP Union). In this case, Lula’s decision came after Juscelino was denounced by the PGR (Attorney General’s Office) for corruption and misuse of parliamentary amendments.
With the departure of Cida Gonçalves, the petista government will reach the mark of 12th ministerial exchange since the beginning of the 3rd term.
