The recent operation in Rio de Janeiro prompted Workers’ Party leaders to intensify pressure on Lula to force him to create a new security body linked to the presidency or re-establish the Ministry of Public Security.
Behind the scenes, Labor leaders are already championing the names of those who will fill the position. They include former Justice Minister Tarso Genro (PT-RS) and lawyer Alberto Kubitek, who was previously director of the Ministry of Justice.
3 photos
Conditional closure.
1 of 3
President Lula
Tania Rigo / Brazil Agency 2 of 3Reproduction/Gov.br3 of 3Wilton Jr./Estadio
Alberto Kopetki served as Director of the Department of Policies, Programs and Projects of the Secretariat of National Public Security of the Ministry of Justice during Lula’s first government.
Read also
-
Igor Gadelha
Sidonio’s security plan faces resistance in Lula’s government
-
Igor Gadelha
The government wants to prioritize “PL Antifaction” instead of PEC for a reason
-
Igor Gadelha
The rapporteur of the Presidential Election Commission responds to Lula’s speech: “A complete disaster”
In his position, the lawyer was one of the founders of the National Program for Public Security with Citizenship (Pronasci), which aims to reduce crime indicators in the most violent urban areas of Brazil.
PT members will address the topic in a seminar
The article found that the Workers’ Party intends to move the discussion on establishing a public security body to a symposium that the party will hold on December 1 and 2 in Rio de Janeiro.
The party’s symposium will include discussions and lectures by experts on the issue of public security, one of the most sensitive topics for the Lula government and the left in years.
About The Author
