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Lula Opens Cabinet Talks With Centrão to Secure Majorities

The moves aim to trade expanded ministerial posts for formal voting commitments while the government seeks to reclaim control of budget allocations.

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Lula e outros 34 alvos da Lava Jato venceram as eleições de 2026, segundo o Poder360. Outros nomes como Cunha e Dirceu ficaram de fora.
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Overview

  • As of Nov. 15, Lula has begun active negotiations, using PT president Edinho Silva to offer the Centrão greater access to the Esplanada in return for disciplined support in Congress.
  • Centrão parties such as PSD, MDB, Republicanos and União‑PP are pressing for ministries that control larger investment budgets so they can deliver projects to their bases.
  • The government is pushing to strengthen RP2 emendas, the ministry‑managed budget amendments, to reduce parliamentarians’ direct control over spending and make ministerial posts more valuable for binding votes.
  • The administration plans to name initial ministers by the first week of December, with the Finance and Planning teams seen as priorities and names being floated including Rafael Fonteles, Geraldo Alckmin, Fernando Haddad and Dario Durigan.
  • Tensions within the left have risen after the fiscal‑adjustment plan, with André Janones accusing elements of the far left of a boycott, while Lula pursues an international push for industrial and tech partnerships announced at the ASEAN summit that could depend on securing a working majority.