Lula postpones confrontation with Lira and eases tensions with Congress

Asked about the relationship with the president of the Chamber, Lula said that he had a conversation with Lira on Sunday (21), but that it did not lead to a meeting, which should take place in the coming days.

Lula tried to cool tensions with Arthur Lira. He will have a meeting with Lira, government leaders in the Chamber and his assistants. In this conversation on Sunday, Lula tried to see if Lira and Padilha could talk again and asked Lira for patience. (…) Lula left out the fight with Lira and did not want to antagonize Lira, but by saying that he will not carry out a ministerial reform he is playing Padilha, who is a dislike of Lira. Kennedy Alencar

Despite not entering into a direct confrontation with Lira, who still has almost a year left as president of the Chamber, Lula is expected to cause a division in the so-called centrão, according to Kennedy.

Lula will not support Elmar Nascimento, who is the Lira candidate. Up front, he will use a speech that Planalto will not get involved in election disputes in the Chamber and will wash his hands of Elmar Nascimento, but he will do some composition with sectors of the center and this will split the center. This is in Lula’s mind but he can’t buy this fight with Lira now. He wants to reduce the bomb agendas in Congress and Lira promised that she would help not vote on some things that would have an impact from a fiscal point of view. Kennedy Alencar

During the meeting with journalists, Lula also avoided talking about former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and tried to focus on economic issues, criticizing the press for the small repercussion surrounding the Believe program. The columnist for UOLin turn, assessed that despite the importance of the program, Lula was wrong to say that Haddad should read fewer books and that Alckmin should be more agile.

Yesterday Lula was supposed to focus on the economic issue, but in the middle of the speech he says that Haddad should read fewer books and that Alckmin should be more agile. Lula gave a pretext to a press that seeks clickbait and this ear-pulling of Alckmin and Haddad is worth much more to be highlighted than the program. Journalism and mass communication have become this, so Lula has to understand this. (…) this time he also avoided talking about Bolsonaro and avoided producing engagement for Bolsonaro. He didn’t use Bolsonaro’s name and got away with it. Kennedy Alencar