Contrary to what has been announced by allies of Bolsonarist groups, there is still no definition of who will take over the Ministry of Defense, and Nelson Jobim has already hinted in private conversations that he would be willing to take on one of them if invited. The most sensitive portfolios in the new government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
According to sources on the team that negotiated the government’s transition, the Armed Forces high command wants to impose the name of José Múcio Monteiro, the former head of the TCU (Union Court of Accounts), for the position.
Múcio did indeed meet with Lula, but according to members of the transition team, there was no final decision that Lula would be the one to take over the ministry.
The name faces resistance, even as a civilian. This is because of Múcio’s sympathy for Bolsonarist groups within the Armed Forces. During his tenure, he approved all the calculations of the Armed Forces without question.
Jobim, on the other hand, stated that he would agree to become the Minister of Defense. However, he will not campaign for this and that he should be invited. Former Defense Secretary Celso Amorim could be another person willing to lend support on Jobim’s behalf.
According to this wing of the transitional group, Jobim would be the only person in a position to elect as commanders of each of the military forces those who do not hold the view that Article 142 of the Constitution gives the army a supposedly moderate strength. is the tutelage of civil power.
Two criteria were determined for the selection of ministers in the transition team. The first was that he could choose commanders who would make a public statement that they would not have moderate power.
The second point is that they will not tolerate the indiscipline of the Forces.
The fear of some of the team is that if Lula accepts the army’s pressure and chooses Múcio, he risks taking over the government in 2023 before he can choose his team, including his commanders.
In the past few hours, interlocutors in Brasilia also confirmed that different sources approached the incoming president to warn him about the situation.
source: Noticias
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