Overview

• Sport Minister André Fufuca declared "I'm with Lula" in Imperatriz and said he erred by supporting Jair Bolsonaro in 2022, pledging to help reelect the president next year.
• He appeared alongside Lula despite a PP deadline to leave the cabinet by Oct. 5, and party leaders now keep expulsion on the table.
• Fufuca risk losing control of the PP in Maranhão as national leaders discuss intervening in the state directory.
• At the event, he joined Lula in delivering 2,837 Minha Casa, Minha Vida homes and in signing the service order for an Arena Brasil under the Novo PAC Seleções.
• Lula has not removed Fufuca or Tourism Minister Celso Sabino, who stayed after offering to resign, while União Brasil weighs penalties and a reported plan to dissolve Sabino's Pará directory.