Lula is expected to become directly involved in political maneuvering after suffering defeats in the Chamber of Deputies.
The president was reportedly distant from political negotiations, but is expected to change his stance after the defeat regarding the sanitation framework in the Chamber of Deputies.
247 - Criticized behind the scenes in Brasília for supposedly being "isolated" from political negotiations, President Lula (PT) intends to fully immerse himself in his government's efforts to unlock key issues for the Planalto Palace in Congress and to ensure that further defeats in the Legislature do not occur.
Former allies of the president interviewed by the newspaper. The Globe They claim that he has been downplaying conversations with party leaders and figures from the business world. Lula's first two terms were marked by intense engagements with these sectors. A member of parliament with a decades-long relationship with the president states that "Lula 1 and 2, the conversational, friendly, and affectionate type, has disappeared."
A member of the government's political coordination team explains that, at 77 years old, Lula is unable to maintain as intense a schedule as in previous terms. According to this source, the president's interaction with the political world has been based on invitations for members of Congress to accompany him on trips, as happened during his visit to China.
After the Chamber of Deputies overturned parts of a decree on the sanitation framework, in a defeat for the government, Lula decided to change his stance and began meeting with presidents and leaders of allied parties, such as MDB, PSD, União Brasil, and PSB. Until then, conversations with figures outside the PT had been almost exclusively with the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), and the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG).
"Aides also claim that the president chose to prioritize trips abroad at the beginning of his term to try to rebuild the country's image and dedicated himself greatly to reorganizing the government because of the situation left by Jair Bolsonaro (PL). Another argument from Lula's circle is that one cannot compare the president's routine over an eight-year period with what has been seen now in just four months," the report concludes.