PT National President Glasey Hoffmann said this Friday the 25th that the elected government will push for approval of the Proposed Transitional Constitutional Amendment (PEC) and rejected plan B. For this, President Elect Luis Inácio Lula da Silva (Portugal) will travel to Brasilia to meet with political parties and the Presidents of the Chamber and the Senate.

“We want to push for a political path,” Glazey said after meeting with the president-elect on the issue. She stated that Lula would stay next week in Brasilia to forward the text to the PEC. PT will talk to the benches, political parties and Chamber Presidents Arthur Lear (PP-AL) and Senate Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), she said.

“Lula will be in Brazil for these negotiations and the presentation of the PEC,” he said. According to her, the meeting with Lula this Friday in São Paulo was supposed to “organize his life in Brazil.”

Glazey acknowledged that the way the PEC process began may have delayed its approval. “We need to talk more to benches and parties,” he said.

In the morning, she arrived at Lula’s home in São Paulo to discuss the content of the proposal and begin negotiations. The president-elect has not been to Brasilia for two weeks, firstly because of his trip to COP 27 in Egypt, and secondly, to recover from a throat operation. His absence made it difficult to advance the PEC discussion.

The draft PEC presented by the Transition Coordinator, Deputy Geraldo Alcmin (PSB), proposed expenditures of approximately 200 billion reais beyond the spending ceiling on a permanent basis. The resources will be used to fund the Bolsa Família program of 600 reais and an additional 150 reais per child, in addition to other campaign pledges.

Centrão leaders complain about the value offered by the transition team and the lack of a set deadline. In practice, they fear that the elected government guarantees a portion of the resources each year and does not need to negotiate with Congress.

Don’t rush to appoint a minister

Glazey also stated that Lula had not identified ministries and that several names were at stake. There is no rush, she said, and the announcement will come at “an opportune moment.”

“The president has several names in his head. He already has more or less what he intends to do to serve. But he’s not in a hurry,” he said. “He can say something next week or not, that’s not the purpose of his trip to Brasilia,” he continued.

As shown Political Broadcast, the most quoted for the Ministry of Finance is the former mayor of São Paulo, Fernando Haddad (PT). The idea is for him to team up with economist and Real Plan co-designer Persio Arida, who could head the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management.

Haddad’s name was put to the test this Friday the 25th at the annual bank directors’ dinner at Febraban. As a result of PT’s speech, the stock market closed 2.51% after the former mayor’s speech. Bankers and economists believe that Haddad made a general statement without going into the details of fiscal issues.