In a letter, an ally criticizes Lula's government and says that the Workers' Party leader is working hard to lose his reelection bid.

Criminal defense lawyer Carlos Kakay, who has defended several defendants indicted in the Lava Jato operation, wrote a letter to colleagues and politicians, which, of course, resonated throughout Brasília, criticizing President Lula's "3.0" administration. Despite being an ally of Lula, Kakay asserts that the way Lula is governing, he is striving to lose his potential reelection in 2026 and ventures to say that, if he continues at this pace, he will succeed. The letter states that, due to various circumstances, Lula in his third term is a different person. "He doesn't engage in politics, he's isolated. Captured." 

To contextualize his assessment, he recalls past governments and cites one of Lula's most experienced ministers: José Dirceu. He recalls that Lula's inner circle was composed of a group that no longer inhabits his core group and that, unlike what he did in his first two governments, he no longer receives old friends and has lost the "unparalleled ability to charm, to listen, to observe the political scene." 

It may seem like a harsh and disproportionate assessment, but it coincides with the analysis of a large part of the government's supporters and allies who, obviously, want what's best for the government. For many of them, the president has stopped listening to the truth, since part of his inner circle is supposedly shielding him from reality. Kakay's apparent concern is about the combination of this diagnosis with the poll results, which indicate a drop in Lula's popularity. This scenario, coupled with the absence of a successor, has the potential to return Brazil to the hands of the right wing. "I want to believe in the capacity to recover. Someone who has rebuilt themselves after 580 days of unjust imprisonment can do almost anything," he reflects.