Lula's transition team establishes Social Participation Council.
The goal is to build a bridge between civil society and the technical groups involved in the transition. The council was established by Gleisi Hoffmann.
247 - Coordinator of Political Articulation of the transition cabinet of the new federal government, Gleisi Hoffmann, president of the PT and federal deputy, installed on Monday (28) the Social Participation Council, which aims to "promote dialogue and interaction with civil society organizations and with the representation of trade union and popular movements during the transition period", says the transition website.
"The council also promotes dialogue with technical groups regarding social participation and will produce input for the preparation of a final transition report on the government's institutional relationship with civil society," the text says.
The portal notes that the president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), spoke about expanding the participation of civil society in government on several occasions throughout his election campaign, especially with participatory budgeting. He also advocated for the resumption of national public policy conferences.
"The current government has interrupted a gradual process of recognizing social participation as a strategic element of the Brazilian State's actions in its relationship with society. We have seen national councils being decharacterized and extinguished, and public policy conferences – which brought together millions of people during the Lula and Dilma periods – being discontinued. Bolsonaro only spoke to sectors of society that agreed with him, especially in the business and religious worlds," says the website.
The executive coordination team of the council includes:
- Edson Carneiro da Silva, director of the Intersindical Central da Classe Trabalhadora (Inter-Union Central of the Working Class), representative of the Forum of Trade Union Centers.
- Josué Augusto do Amaral Rocha, leader of the Homeless Workers' Movement – MTST
- Julia Barbosa de Aguiar Garcia, vice-president of the National Union of Students – UNE, representing youth movements.
- Kelli Cristine de Oliveira Mafort, leader of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST), representative of the unified field of rural organizations.
- Raimundo Vieira Bonfim, coordinator of the Central of Popular Movements – CMP
- Ronald Ferreira dos Santos, director of the Central Workers' Union of Brazil – CTB, representative of the Forum of Trade Union Federations.
- Simone Ferreira Nascimento, leader of the Unified Black Movement – MNU, representing social movements of Black men and women.
- Ticiana Studart Albuquerque, leader of the World March of Women, representative of women's movements.
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