Glauber Braga: combating the Centrão is a priority to move Lula's government to the left.

By Pedro Alexandre Sanches, from Opera Mundi - Federal deputy Glauber Braga, re-elected by the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) of Rio de Janeiro, opposes his party holding positions within the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, despite the party being part of the broad front that gave victory to the PT candidate. 

From their point of view, political independence is necessary so that PSOL does not allow itself to be framed and mediated by the central government and can carry out the priority tasks of opposing the far-right, fascist-inspired coalition represented by Jair Bolsonaro, combating the advance of the so-called "centrão" (center bloc), and confronting neoliberal and ultraliberal currents sheltered within the coalition itself.

"There is unity on the left to guarantee Lula's inauguration, and there are differences regarding the policies that will be implemented and the alliances that will be formed for that purpose," Braga summarized in an interview with Breno Altman on the program. 20 MINUTES this Thursday (10/11). 

In his campaign against the reelection of Arthur Lira (PP-AL) as President of the Chamber of Deputies, the PSOL member argues that this is a crucial moment for the left to fight to dismantle Lira's image as the architect of the secret budget and the implementation of the ultraliberal agenda in the country. 

“I defend the thesis that allowing him to remain is like giving banana juice to those who will attack us very forcefully at the next corner. It is Lira who needs it now, so he is making overtures to the opposition to Bolsonaro out of political necessity for reelection. Once he is in office, the game is different, and he will return to the offensive,” he said.

This time, for Braga, it's not about staunchly opposing the government and the PT, the party from which PSOL broke away in 2004, during Lula's first term. The common adversary, for him, will remain the same one that led to the formation of the broad front during the election period: "we have to understand what we are facing and prioritize confronting the structures that supported Bolsonaro."

Aside from the political strength of the 49,1% of the votes obtained, the opposing side also faces difficulties: "from an institutional point of view, Bolsonaro's attempts at a third round are quite weakened. They will continue to appeal and try to destabilize, and in this sense, supporting Lula's government is fundamental."

Despite the positions defended by Braga, PSOL members are already beginning to participate in the government transition team, which, according to him, was decided internally by the party. "There was already a vote, which, by 10 votes to nine, determined that PSOL would join the transition. Trying to influence the transition with positive agendas seems to me a necessity, not necessarily participating in it," he clarifies. 

His particular position was not to participate in the transition, due to the indicative nature of full participation and entry into the government that the gesture would imply. The final decision on whether or not PSOL will join Lula's government should be made in December.

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