The president (PT) reacted in his pre-campaign for re-election after spending months with a mild speech in front of his opponents and suffering from the rejection, by the , of his nomination for a vacancy in the STF (Supreme Federal Court).
In the last two weeks, the PT member had an argument with the President of the United States, Donald Trump, who launched a new one, which was known as the “blouse tax”.
According to Datafolha, the PT member maintains an assessment of a stable government and the presidential elections. The survey was carried out on Tuesday (12) and Wednesday (13), and most of the interviews were carried out before the Intercept Brasil website revealed the dialogues between Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) and former banker Daniel Vorcaro.
Lula’s measures, as well as his visit to the USA, were taken after Flávio, who announced his pre-candidacy at the end of last year, caught up with him in polls of voting intentions in the first months of the year.
Since then, the PT member has made a series of criticisms of his communications team, arguing that his policies were not reaching the population at the forefront. Behind the economic measures is the justification, which he has told allies, that they are still capable of deciding an election and need to be well communicated.
Therefore, in search of a breather, last Tuesday (12), Lula revoked the “blouse tax”. Created during his government, it was unpopular and caused tension among sectors of the electorate that make purchases abroad through websites and applications. The measure was a victory for the government’s political area. Members of the economic area, including the vice-president and former minister of Industry and Commerce (PSB), were against the revocation.
On Wednesday (14), Lula announced a new measure to contain the rise in fuel prices. The Executive will provide a subsidy of up to R$0.89 per liter of gasoline to avoid the adjustment. Prices are under pressure because of the war between the United States and Israel against Iran, which is on the international market. The impact on public accounts could reach R$2.4 billion.
Days earlier, on May 7, Lula met Donald Trump at the White House in a trip that was considered a success by those around the PT member. Allies assess the reception by the American, leader of the global right, Flávio Bolsonaro, as the political group seeks to associate itself with Trump.
Lula returned from the United States demonstrating satisfaction with the results of the trip. PT allies heard by the Sheet under condition of reservation, they assess that the president’s mood improved after his visit to the White House.
In parallel, Lula saw the scandal reach the center of his opponents’ political group and weaken the opposition.
First, the senator (-PI), former minister of the Civil House of the government of (), was targeted by the PF (), on the 7th. Then, last Wednesday, an email was released to , former owner of Master.
The police action against the PP senator reinforced the PT members’ speech about the involvement of rivals in the case.
Lula has had friction with the Senate since the end of last year after seeking a vacancy in the Supreme Court against the wishes of the president of the House, (União Brasil-AP). , the PT member had his nominee rejected, and the veto on the reduction of sentences for those convicted of the coup plot, . The idea was to work on the defeat campaign as a victory for the bench that would have an interest in emptying the investigations into the Master.
Last Wednesday (13), the website The Intercept Brasil revealed an audio in which Flávio Bolsonaro asks Vorcaro for money to produce the film “Dark Horse” (“underdog”), about Jair Bolsonaro.
A message also surfaced in which the Bolsonarista demonstrated closeness to Vorcaro. “Brother, I am and will be with you always, there’s no such thing as half a conversation between us”, wrote the politician.
Flávio says he did not commit any irregularity and there was only a search for private sponsorship for the film that pays homage to his father.
The result announced on Wednesday was well received by Lulistas. The survey shows that the difference between the percentages of voters who evaluate the government negatively and positively went from 11 to 5 points.
Some of the president’s allies believe that this improvement is due to the increase in the exemption range, in force since January. The hypothesis of this group is that typical expenses at the beginning of the year had prevented beneficiaries from realizing the impact of the exemption.
Already, with 39% of those interviewed stating that the president is doing a bad or terrible job, while 30% consider the management to be good or excellent, and 29% classify it as regular.
