The elected vice president of Brazil, Geraldo Alckmin, announced Thursday the beginning of the transition of power when meeting with Ciro Nogueira, Jair Bolsonaro’s chief of staff, at the Planalto presidential palace, Brasilia.
“The conversation was quite useful, very objective, and the transition has already begun,” Alckmin said at a press conference after the meeting.
Alckmin, 69 years old and former historical leader of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), was appointed by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as coordinator of the transition with the Bolsonaro administration until his inauguration on January 1, 2023.
By law, Lula’s team may require the appointment of up to 50 officials who will work from Monday and for the next two months in the offices of the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center.
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The goal is to exchange information to “give continuity to the services provided to the population,” starting in January, said the vice president-elect.
“Now you have to do it. [la transición] in the best possible way, for the benefit of the population,” he added.
The meeting between the two officials came as illegal roadblocks are still taking place in Brazil, though they have lost steam following a request by Bolsonaro on Wednesday for protesters to abandon them.
Alckmin said that “the right to circulate is sacred” and criticized that the blockades can compromise “the health of people, the supply of hospitals” and bring damage “to the economy.
