The speech by the Minister of the Civil House comes after the President of the Chamber, Arthur Lira, called Padilha “incompetent” and stated that he “plants false news”
The Minister of the Civil House, Rui Costa, stated this Wednesday (April 17, 2024) that his relationship with the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), and the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG) It is “good”. The statement comes after the disagreement, last week, between Lira and the Minister of Institutional Relations, Alexandre Padilha – mainly responsible for the government's political coordination with Congress.
However, Costa said his role is not to “political articulator”since the person who occupies this role is Padilha.
“My role is not as a political articulator. The government's political coordinator is called Alexandre Padilha, who has been working dedicatedly […] My job is to discuss the merits of the projects, and with that I have almost daily dialogue with deputies and senators, with the presidents of both houses, rapporteurs, leaders”he stated in an interview with CNN.
Last week, Lira said that Padilha is responsible for planting “fake news” about an alleged weakening of the President of the House with the decision to maintain the prison of Chiquinho Brazão (no party-RJ). He also called Padilha “incompetent” It is “personal disaffection”.
The tension raised questions about a possible crisis between the Powers. However, the head of the Civil House also states that public interest issues are more important than “personal differences”.
“We learn to value what is essential to take care of people. With this, you reduce the importance of any personal or specific differences, and put what really matters to the forefront. […] And we will work to overcome any personal differences that exist here or there”he said.
Asked about the government's relationship with Congress, the head of the Civil House stated that “sand if we look at it from a bird's eye view, President Lula has systematically thanked the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate for approving the main projects that the government sent”, he stated.
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