With autonomy guaranteed by Lula, Lewandowski begins forming his ministerial team.
The new minister will use all the time available until his inauguration on February 1st to finalize the formation of his team.
247 - President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Ricardo Lewandowski as the new Minister of Justice, succeeding Flávio Dino, effective February 1st. Even before officially taking office, Lewandowski has already begun the process of selecting professionals to compose his ministerial team, according to sources. reporter From Globo. Among the candidates considered for strategic positions are lawyers, judges, and professionals with experience at the Supreme Federal Court (STF), where the new minister served for 17 years.
The Presidential Palace informed Lewandowski that there is no pressure to include the PSB party in the team's composition, indicating autonomy in the selection of members. Currently, the party holds four of the nine secretariats in the ministry. Lula, in turn, expressed his desire to keep Andrei Rodrigues as director-general of the Federal Police, granting the new minister the freedom to make other changes to the team.
The Public Security Secretariat is attracting special attention, given the sensitivity of the issue among the population. Seven names have already been considered for possible positions on the team, with Manoel Carlos de Almeida Neto standing out as a candidate for the position of executive secretary. Other candidates include Ana Maria Neves, Jean Keiji Uema, Luís Geraldo Sant'Ana Lanfredi, Helena Campos Refosco, and Georghio Alessandro Tomelin.
The process of selecting and defining the ministerial team is underway, and Lewandowski plans to make changes to key positions, while retaining many of the third and fourth-tier names from Flávio Dino's team. With Lula's guarantee of autonomy, the new minister will use all the time available until his inauguration on February 1st to finalize the formation of his team.