Brazil’s President Lula da Silva has decided to retain, at least temporarily, Tourism Minister Daniela Carneira, who has been the subject of a bitter dispute between the government and the centre-right bloc in Congress known as the Centrão. “.
The minister’s resignation on Tuesday was taken for granted, but Lula decided to confront Centrao and its main name, the chairman of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira, and keep Daniela in the position that the group of physiological parties counted on. another name has already been given, MP Celso Sabino, very close to former President Jair Bolsonaro.
On Tuesday morning, hurriedly called by Lula, Daniela Carneiro went to the presidential palace, and the press gathered there waited for the announcement of her resignation after leaving the meeting, but this did not happen.
The meeting was tense and included Daniela’s husband, Vaginho Carneiro, mayor of Belford Roxo, one of the most important cities in the state of Rio de Janeiro, who played a very important role in the October 2022 presidential election in boosting Lula’s votes in Rio , a state dominated by Jair Bolsonaro, and the mayor in a meeting on Tuesday gave Lula a bill for that support.
Daniela Carneiro, elected as the most voted MP in Rio de Janeiro for the União Brasil party, which mixes moderate right-wing politicians with Bolsonaro-linked far-right radicals, was never recognized as representing the ruling party as it was Lula’s personal choice . award for supporting her husband in the presidential election.
To make matters worse, Daniela Carneiro has already announced that she intends to leave the party due to disagreements with the current party leadership, fueling União Brasil’s ambitions for the position.
In addition to the fact that the parties want to get the Ministry of Tourism for having great capillarity and direct action in cities across Brazil, which is of great importance since the 2024 municipal elections are just over a year away, “Centrão” wants to command the portfolio to strengthen the power of Arthur Lear and put in the government a faithful companion of the chairman of parliament.
Lira, the symbol of a bloc of parties that are always linked to the government, whatever it may be, and exchange support for funds and positions, has lost its power and possession of millions of state funds after the fall of the government of Jair Bolsonaro, which he supported, and now he is trying to use influence, which he definitely still has in Parliament to regain some of those funds and power over the government that depends on him, to approve important measures in Congress, where he is a minority.
Author: Domingos Grilo Serrinha This Correspondent in Brazil
Source: CM Jornal
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