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Brazilian president begins
limited cabinet reshuffle
Brazilian president begins limited cabinet
reshuffle
Brazilian President Luiz I. Lulada Silva
appointed Tuesday two instead of the expected 10 new ministers,
postponing the long-awaited cabinet reshuffle.
Senator Romero Juca will replace outgoing Social Security Minister Amir
Lando. They are both from the Brazilian Democratic Movement (PMDB). The
party is a key ally in the coalition government.
Representative Paulo Bernardo, from Lula's own Workers' Party, will be
the new minister of planning, a post left vacant since ex-minister Guido
Mantega left to become a director of the National Development Bank.
Lula was expected to name up to 10 new ministers by bringing in
representatives from coalition parties in a bid to boost the president's
ability to pass economic reforms in the parliament.
But Lula changed his mind and decided to suspend conversations with the
allied parties for the cabinet reshuffle after getting an ultimatum by
one party in the parliament, which threatened to join the opposition if
it did not get its way in the reshuffle.
President of the Lower House Severino Cavalcanti of the Progressive
Party demanded his party mate Ciro Nogueira be appointed communications
minister.
"The president decided to end the conversations surrounding the cabinet
reshuffle," a statement from the presidential palace said in response to
Cavalcanti's remarks, adding it was solely the president's
responsibility to choose his ministers.
Cavalcanti, known for his ultra-conservative positions, was elected
president of the Lower House last February, which was considered a
political defeat for the ruling Workers' Party.
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