Overview
- At the inauguration of Amapá’s first radiotherapy center, Davi Alcolumbre praised President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for “sensibility, commitment and public spirit” and asked Health Minister Alexandre Padilha to deliver his thanks.
- The new unit reflects a Health Ministry investment of R$17 million, with Padilha present as the federal government’s representative.
- The conciliatory remarks followed days of strain after Lula nominated Attorney General Jorge Messias to the Supreme Federal Court instead of Rodrigo Pacheco, an ally of Alcolumbre.
- Government aides interpret the speech as a possible truce and are working to set up a Lula–Alcolumbre meeting to ease relations, with no meeting yet scheduled.
- The rift has already affected Senate business, with Messias’s confirmation hearing reported as postponed, and Alcolumbre recently alleging attacks as he defended Senate prerogatives.