Overview

• Tourism minister Celso Sabino said he will remain in office and cited President Lula’s confidence and the upcoming COP30 in Belém as reasons to stay.
• União Brasil’s leadership met in Brasília as the case relator, Deputy Fábio Schiochet, urged suspending the party’s Pará directory and opening a regular proceeding that grants Sabino a defense.
• Governor Ronaldo Caiado pushed for expulsion and labeled Sabino’s choice to stay in government as an act of unique immorality.
• Party figures indicated the matter will be handled by the Ethics Council and could take about two months before returning to the national executive for a final decision.
• Sabino had submitted a resignation letter on September 26 but remained after talks with Lula, and he is widely discussed as a potential 2026 Senate candidate from Pará.