POLITICAL DYNAMICS
Lula embraces confrontation with the Big Center
Institutional Relations Minister Gleisi Hoffmann (left): “Those who are against the government have no reason to remain in government positions.” Photo: Fabio Rodrigues-Pozzebom/EBC
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is signaling a major shift in his governing strategy. His administration has begun openly confronting the “Big Center” — the loose coalition of centrist and center-right parties that trade political support for control over slices of the federal budget.
Despite being granted key cabinet posts and influence over earmarks, the Big Center’s backing for Lula has been lukewarm at best. The bloc has repeatedly sided with the pro-Bolsonaro caucus and handed the president humbling defeats in Congress — the latest coming last week, when…
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