President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has asked government ministers who were previously governors to make a personal commitment to Congress to approve the security PEC and the original version of the Antifaction project, Secretary Glycy Hoffman of Institutional Relations said Thursday.
— The President asked ministers to commit to political expression, in talks with parliamentarians, until these two bills, the General Election Commission for Public Security and the Anti-Factional Bill, are approved. (…) We are concerned about some points in the report (prepared by MP Guilherme Diret, rapporteur of the matter). The unusual loss is important to bring back to the project, Glessi said.
The statement came after President Luiz Inacio Lula met with all his ministers who were previously state governors to discuss public security. This issue has been at the center of the federal government’s attention since the police operation on October 28 in Rio, which left 121 people dead.
The Vice President and Minister of Industry, Geraldo Alckmin, and former governor of the state of São Paulo, participated in Thursday’s meeting. Minister of the Civil House, Rui Costa, former governor of the state of Bahia; Transport Minister Renan Filho, former governor of Alagoas State; Education Minister Camilo Santana, former governor of Ceará; Minister of Regional Development, Valdez Goes, former governor of Amapa State; and Minister of Social Development, Wellington Dias, former governor of Piauí.
The minister defended the consideration of the General Elections Committee for public security with the anti-factional project. Glessi also said the government-aligned base “is able to have this discussion” in Congress if Motta maintains the vote next Tuesday.
-We have to adapt to the agenda set by the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Hugo Motta). He set the agenda for Tuesday. We have a large backlog of discussions on this issue. The government allocated six months to develop this project. This project was not born in two days. It was a project that was discussed with experts, universities and state security authorities. (…) We are ready for that. “If the president puts it on the agenda and actually votes, we can have this discussion,” Glessi said.
This week, Planalto came into conflict with the Chamber due to the decision of the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Hugo Mota (Republicanos-PB), to appoint the licensed Public Security Minister of São Paulo, Guilherme Dirit (PP-SP), to report on the draft anti-factionalism law prepared by the executive. The government criticized the opinions prepared by Dayrit.
Glessi stated that the third report submitted by Durrett still raises concerns for the government, especially since it did not recreate the funds that fund the federal police.
— Resources have been returned from the Police Fund, but not from FONAD. We need these resources. There are several ongoing operations carried out by the Federal Police, which are relevant. The extraordinary loss (of faction assets, which allowed the removal of assets from criminal organizations) We believe it is important to return to the project. “You cannot lose the assets of these organizations with just a final ruling,” Glessi said.
The meeting was also attended by the Minister of Justice, Ricardo Lewandowski, who is responsible for the government’s public security measures, the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, who mobilized the Federal Revenue Service to act against criminal factions, and the Minister of Institutional Relations, Gleissy Hoffmann, who is responsible for negotiating in Congress the approval of proposals in this area.
Last week, public security was the subject of a meeting Lula held with some ministers in Belém. The President was in the capital, Pará, to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30). On this occasion, the Minister of Social Communications, Sidonio Palmeira, proposed that the government bring together all its activities in the region under one umbrella. The hypothesis of new initiatives was also put forward, such as the government building integrated security centers. Sidonio has Covid and should not participate in Thursday’s meeting.
A poll conducted by the “Quest” Foundation and published on Wednesday showed a “hold” in the resumption of Lula’s popularity. The administration was approved by 47% of the Brazilian population and rejected by 50%, while 3% did not know or did not respond. The scenario is stable compared to the previous round in October, where the evaluation reached 48% and 49%, respectively.
Quest estimates that the interruption in improving the government’s assessment, verified since July, is related to the police operation of October 28, which was reflected in the increase in violence as the biggest concern for Brazilians. In one month, fear of this region rose from 30% to 38%, while the economy remained a distant second at 15%.
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