Overview

• Celso Sabino met Lula at the Palácio da Alvorada on Friday after telling the president by phone he intends to leave the government.
• União Brasil’s executive ordered all party members in federal posts to resign within 24 hours under threat of disciplinary punishment, including expulsion.
• Party president Antônio Rueda rejected extending the deadline, said he would call Sabino as he traveled to Brasília, and denied the allegations against him.
• Sabino has not submitted a formal resignation and has discussed options to preserve his political plans, including a 2026 Senate run and work tied to COP30 in Belém.
• Ministers Waldez Góes and Frederico Siqueira Filho are expected to remain because they hold posts linked to Senate patron Davi Alcolumbre rather than the party’s Chamber caucus.