The relationship between the president of , (União-AP), and the senator (-BA), which had been shaky, improved considerably after the then government leader was ().
The two spoke a few times after the episode and exchanged affection. Before the police operation and after the rejection of the Supreme Court, the two practically did not talk.
The first dialogue took place the day after Jaques was the target of the operation, carried out on June 18. He called Alcolumbre to thank him for his support.
The president of the Senate to the then leader of the government in the House. Jaques reportedly told Alcolumbre that few people publicly came to his defense.
At that time, Jaques left the government leadership.
Even before talking to President Lula, aides say he anticipated Alcolumbre so as not to embarrass the president.
This Tuesday (30), he criticized the criminalization of politics and said that the Senate’s Attorney General will ask the STF to become a party to the process in which Jaques requests the annulment of the search and seizure against him.
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