The head of mines and energy claimed he was ill, but traveled to Rio
BRASILIA – The president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva got angry with the minister of mines and energy, Alexander Silveira. Attached to the President of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), the former senator left the ministerial meeting yesterday after explaining the budget and objectives of his portfolio, thus clashing with his colleagues by not participating in the entire meeting – which lasted nine and a half hours. At night, the minister left for Rio.
According to reports from the hard core of the Executive, Lula missed Silveira and ordered him to return to the meeting this Thursday 15. The minister said he left the meeting because he was not feeling well. The president said that if he wasn’t well, he should go to the medical team Plateauand it didn’t go away.
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Silveira has gathered clashes in the government. He quarreled with the Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, insisting on Petrobras oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon, despite Ibama having vetoed the initiative. He is also at war with the president of Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates, due to disagreements over the policy of returning gas to oil fields. On Friday, the minister said he preferred Prates to “turn a blind eye” to the “failure” of increasing gas supplies to industry.
According to Lula, yesterday’s ministerial meeting was the penultimate of the year, and there will be a closing meeting at the end of 2023. Despite the president’s dissatisfaction, Silveira’s situation is considered comfortable. With good traffic in Brasilia, he is linked to Pacheco and the minister of accounts of the Judicial Union (TCU) Antonio Anastasia. He is also a former senator from Minas Gerais, one of the main constituencies in the country. Silveira was contacted by the report, but she did not return contact.
Source: Terra
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