President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hosted an informal dinner at Granja do Torto in Brasília with Chamber President Hugo Motta and party leaders to strengthen ties between the executive and legislative branches. The meeting aims to support the approval of popular projects in an election year. Ministers and allied base parliamentarians, including from the Centrão, attended the event.
On Wednesday evening, December 4, President Lula hosted a dinner at the Official Residence of Granja do Torto in Brasília, bringing together Chamber of Deputies President Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB) and leaders from the congressional support base. The event, scheduled for 7 p.m., saw Motta arrive around 7:40 p.m. and adopted a convivial tone to bring the federal government closer to the legislature.
The main goal is to facilitate the approval of proposals with popular appeal, such as regulating app-based work, ending the 6x1 work schedule, and public security initiatives, including the Public Security PEC and the Anti-Faction PL. These projects gain importance in the context of Lula's re-election, during a year of intense political negotiations.
Among the attendees, Centrão leaders stood out, including deputies Damião Feliciano (União-PB), Antônio Brito (PSD-BA), Isnaldo Bulhões (MDB-AL), Pedro Lucas Fernandes (União-MA), and Aureo Ribeiro (Solidariedade-RJ). From the left, the government leader in the Chamber, José Guimarães (PT-CE), PT leader Pedro Uczai (PT-SC), Lindbergh Farias (PT-RJ), and Jaques Wagner (PT-BA) in the Senate, were present.
Ministers also attended, including Gleisi Hoffmann (Institutional Relations), Fernando Haddad (Finance), Guilherme Boulos (General Secretariat), Rui Costa (Chief of Staff), Sidônio Palmeira (Social Communication), and Alexandre Silveira (Mines and Energy). Olavo Noleto, current president of the Conselhão and future political articulator after Gleisi's departure, also participated, bolstering the government's outreach.
