The Sports Minister, () has signaled that he will support the reelection of the president (PT) in 2026, even with the pressure of his party to resign from office.
“In 2022, I made a mistake. But now in 2026, it may be that my body is tied, but my soul, my heart and willpower will be free to fight and to help Luis Inácio Lula da Silva,” the minister said on Monday (6) in Imperatriz (MA).
Fufuca, who is a federal deputy for Maranhão, accompanied Lula at the delivery ceremony of 2,837 housing units of the Minha Casa, Minha Vida program.
The PP summit had given a deadline until last Saturday (4) to fuzz to resign from the government. Originally the deadline was September 30.
União Brasil and PP, which are united in a federation, decided a month to land the Lula government and determined that politicians with mandate resigned. At the same time, they defined that they would support amnesty to the former president () for the coup plot.
At the time, two parties stated that all “holders of mandates” should leave the government, otherwise they are expelled. The measure reaches, besides fufuca, (tourism).
Sabino signaled intends to stay in office and face the expulsion process against him filed by his party, the. According to allies, he should officialize the decision to Lula next Tuesday (7), making it clear that he chose to be next to President.
Despite deciding to land the government, PP and União Brasil do not intend to give up the control of other positions in the government, such as NA (San Francisco and Parnaíba Valleys Development Company), Telebras and Post Office, as well as politicians in the second and third level of ministries.
Lula inaugurated this Monday 2,837 housing units of the Minha Casa, Minha Vida program. The federal government’s investment was R $ 358.6 million and must serve about 11 thousand people.
Second largest municipality in Maranhão, Imperatriz is one of the main strongholds of agribusiness in the state and has a pocket bias – in the second round of the 2022 election, Bolsonaro had 54.8% of the votes in the city, against 45.2% of Lula.
In 2024, Bolsonaro was twice in the city to leverage the candidacy of the ally Mariana Carvalho (Republicans) to the city. But the victory ended up with Rildo Amaral (PP), ally of Governor Carlos Brandão (without party).
