The president-elect of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, announced this Friday in Brasilia a the first six ministers of his future government, including the former mayor of the city of São Paulo Fernando Haddad Head of Economy Portfolio Y Mauro Viera as head of Foreign Relations, a position he had already held during the government of Dilma Rousseff.
In a press conference at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB), seat of the transitional government, the leader of the Workers’ Party (PT) also briefed the senator-elect Flávio Dino as Minister of Justiceformer deputy José Múcio Monteiro for Defense and governor of the state of Bahía, Rui Costain front of the Civil House (seat of the Cabinet).
Haddad, who was education minister, mayor of São Paulo and Lula’s Workers’ Party (PT) presidential candidate in 2018, is viewed with suspicion by the marketwho fears an excessive increase in public spending under his management.
Hadad, 59 years old, will succeed Paulo Guedeswhich dealt with the Economy, a “super-ministry” that President Jair Bolsonaro created by merging the portfolios of Treasury, Planning and Industry.
“I need it to start working to set up the government and for the structure to start functioning,” Lula said on Friday, according to the Globo News chain.
The Ministry of Foreign Relations will be commanded by Mauro Vieira, a career diplomat who was chancellor during Dilma Rousseff’s second term (2015-2016).
“More Women Than Men”
Consulted by journalists, Lula specified that next Sunday he will probably define a series of ministries and secretariats of his future government, which he will assume on January 1, 2023, and assured that he will soon announce the rest of the positions in his cabinet, in which he stated that there will be too “Women and Afro-descendants”.
“There will come a time when you will see here more women than men and the participation of many Afro-descendant comrades”, promised the future president.
He also pointed it out will not disappoint the expectations of the Brazilians who believe that government will work well because it “has no right” to be wrong.
In addition, he warned of the situation left in public finances by the government of Jair Bolsonaro, with very few resources for the most basic policies take care of the most vulnerable population.
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Source: Clarin
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