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União Brasil Expels Tourism Minister Celso Sabino Over Refusal to Quit Lula’s Cabinet

The move follows his refusal to leave the ministry, leaving his post to be decided by the president.

Overview

  • At a meeting on Monday, the party’s National Executive voted to expel Sabino and cancel his membership after he ignored a directive to exit the federal government.
  • The executive also intervened in the Pará state directory formerly led by Sabino, installing an interim commission to run the branch.
  • Sabino said he stayed out of administrative responsibility and to keep COP30 preparations on track in Belém, declaring he leaves the party with a clean record.
  • His expulsion does not automatically remove him from the Tourism Ministry, and any change depends on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
  • Under TSE jurisprudence, he does not lose his federal deputy mandate by expulsion and is free to seek a new party as he pursues a 2026 Senate run in Pará.