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BRASÍLIA – In the offensive to elect allies as mayors of the Chamber and Senate, the government of Jair Bolsonaro sews open spaces in ministries and in strategic positions for congressmen to support the candidates of the Planalto Palace in the disputes of February 1 of next year – The main objective is to defeat the current holder of the position in the Chamber, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ). In the assessment of the assistants to the president, he will not “repeat the mistake” of 2019 of not interfering in the election of the House.
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The government bets its chips on Congressman Arthur Lira (PP-AL) to beat Maia or the candidate chosen by his group. In the Senate, assistants believe that the Plateau can keep Davi Alcolumbre (DEM-AP) – a candidate who already had the backing in 2019 – if the Federal Supreme Court (STF) allows re-election.
As the negotiations intensified, initiatives emerged to carry out a ministerial reform in order to distribute positions to the parties that help elect Lira. According to Bolsonaro’s assistants, the parliamentarians requested the recreation of the Ministry of Sports, which would be offered to the group formed by PSL, PTB and Pros. The bloc has 62 deputies and, if the portfolio won, it would leave Maia’s scope to support Lira in the presidency. If the agreement is sealed, the president of the PSL, Luciano Bivar (PE), who is in dialogue with Maia today, would change sides.
The Centrão parties indicated to Bolsonaro’s interlocutors that they are interested in the Ministry of Citizenship, commanded today by Deputy Onyx Lorenzoni, and also in the General Secretariat of the Presidency, occupied by Jorge Oliveira, who attends the Federal Court of Accounts ( TCU) in January. . In Jorge’s case, Admiral Flávio Rocha, secretary of Strategic Affairs, was one of the favorites, but the president warned that he should continue in his current position. Thus, Bolsonaro’s allies believe that the chair can be used in political composition.
According to the Planalto Palace calculations, Lira has the vote of deputies from nine parties (PP, PL, PSD, Solidaridad, PSC, PTB, Avante, Patriota and Pros). The candidate knows that he does not have the majority of the votes of these subtitles, cases, for example, of PTB and Pros, who are speaking with Maia. For this reason, the offensive with the government was intensified to obtain the greatest support. As the vote is secret, Lira says that the deputies can support him, “betraying” their parties.
One of the possible mayoral candidates and an ally of Maia, Deputy Elmar Nascimento (DEM-BA) reflects on how the governor’s slogan could hinder the viability of Lira:
– With all this belligerent atmosphere, what message will be transmitted to the left-wing voter if a left-wing deputy supports Bolsonaro’s candidate? It is very difficult for a left-wing deputy to support a candidate in the government.
Accusation of “crack”
According to a complaint filed in 2018 by the then Attorney General of the Republic, Raquel Dodge, Lira received transfers of R $ 1 million from advisers involved in a “crack” scheme in the Legislative Assembly of Alagoas, during the period in which he was a deputy state, as reported yesterday by the newspaper “O Estado de S. Paulo”. He reportedly used three assembly officials as financial operators. In a note, Lira stated that “he has already presented his defense with all the necessary explanations, clarifying doubts about the fairness of his performance as a state deputy in Alagoas.”
