The announcement that President Luiz Inácio da Silva () made, in , that he intends to take with him the Minister of Justice, the Secretary of the Federal Revenue and the Director of the Federal Police on a visit to , scheduled for the beginning of March, in Washington, passed below the news radar.
Heavy entourage to deal with the fight against organized crime. Perhaps not coincidentally, (PT) said this week that his departure date from the Treasury could be delayed due to the president’s request that he handle “some important deliveries” related to public security.
It is possible that he will think about taking Haddad to the USA still as minister and, with that, integrating him as an electoral actor in international negotiations on the topic that occupies the top of the concerns of national (sur)vivors. We know how good the president is at scenography. We also know the difficulties that the government has in implementing its initiatives on the subject. The two proposals underway in Congress —a and o — are under the control of the opposition, which is good at talking about this issue.
To get around the obstacle, the president resorts to the discourse of fighting crime from “upstairs”. This is a necessary measure, but it is still urgent to take care of the ground floor, under the control of crime on the hills and robberies on the asphalt.
Taking the matter to the White House, and even in the company of the heads of the economy, the Justice department, the police and the body capable of identifying suspicious financial trajectories, takes the issue of security to a level unattainable by opponents.
With the advantage of establishing yet another line of contact with Donald Trump. Also a gesture of discouraging any idea by the North American president of interfering in the elections, a hypothesis that, although remote, is part of the Brazilian government’s concerns.
A neutralized partner is always one less opponent to face.
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