Pacheco cancels lunch with ministers and increases tension between the Senate and government

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247 – The president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), canceled a lunch organized by government leaders with ministers Alexandre Padilha (Institutional Relations) and Rui Costa (Casa Civil), main political articulators of the Lula government. The lunch would take place this Wednesday (30), at the official residence of the Senate, with the presence of government leaders from the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.

“The meeting was being arranged by the leaders to try to pacify the tensions between Pacheco and the Lula government, which have become heated in recent weeks – and further complicated by an exchange of hints between the president of the Senate and the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad”, he says. journalist Valdo Cruz in his column on G1.

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Tensions were exacerbated by an indirect exchange between the president of the Senate and the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, around issues such as fiscal responsibility. Other topics, such as the review of Congressional decisions by the Federal Supreme Court (STF), the Quinquênio PEC, state debt and amendments contributed to increasing tension between the president of the Senate and the government.

“According to interlocutors, Pacheco stated that it would not make sense to host a lunch with ministers at this time. And it is up to the political articulation of Palácio do Planalto to negotiate topics of interest to the government, such as: the project that resumes the collection of DPVAT; the anticipation of R$15 billion in expenses by changing the fiscal framework, included by the Chamber in the same text; and the exemption from payroll in 17 sectors of the economy and municipalities. The three themes would be part of the lunch agenda, which will no longer happen”, highlights the report.

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Despite the cancellation of this Wednesday’s meeting, there is an expectation of a future conversation between Pacheco and President Lula (PT), since the president has already publicly expressed his intention to meet with the president of the Senate.