Dilma meets with the political "lower clergy".
The president, who has been meeting with mayors at the Planalto Palace since last week, will also include in his limited schedule the requests from the Workers' Party (PT) in states crucial to his reelection project.
247 Despite her always tight schedule, President Dilma Rousseff will also receive, at the Planalto Palace, the so-called "lower clergy" of the political establishment. She has been meeting with mayors from various cities since last week. The visits will begin with a group of four members of the Workers' Party (PT) from Greater São Paulo, who will meet with Dilma this Wednesday, the 30th, in Brasília. They are led by the mayor of São Bernardo do Campos, Luiz Marinho.
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Under pressure from Lula and his allies, Dilma Rousseff will make concessions in her restricted agenda for the so-called "lower clergy" of the political establishment, inaugurating a new cycle of her mandate. The president, who has been receiving mayors at the Planalto Palace since last week and has already scheduled a tour of the Northeast, will also address the demands of the Workers' Party (PT) in states crucial to her reelection project in 2014. Tomorrow, she will receive four PT members from Greater São Paulo, led by Luiz Marinho (São Bernardo).
In all Marinho, who met with Dilma a week ago, will be accompanied by his colleagues Carlos Alberto Grana (Santo André), Donisete Braga (Mauá), and Carlinhos Almeida (São José dos Campos).
There will be cake. In addition to the mayors, Dilma Rousseff has scheduled a dinner for today with Sérgio Cabral (PMDB) in Brasília. The governor of Rio turned 50 the day before yesterday.
Fixed idea Tomorrow, the president will receive Franklin Martins for the second time since December. PT leaders say that Lula's former minister will discuss with Dilma a new study on media regulation, a long-standing party agenda item.