Shameful Betrayal: Brazilian Congress Prepares a Large Pizza for Lula Despite His Deepening Disgrace
By Hotspotnews
Shameful Betrayal: Brazilian Congress Prepares a Large Pizza for Lula Despite His Deepening Disgrace
In a display of political cynicism that should outrage every freedom-loving Brazilian, the Senate is barreling forward with the confirmation process for Jorge Messias, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s handpicked nominee for the Supreme Federal Court (STF). The confirmation hearing—known as the sabatina—is locked in for the morning of April 29, 2026, in the CCJ, with a full Senate plenary vote expected the same day. This comes as Lula’s administration reels from fresh corruption allegations involving his own family, yet self-serving senators appear ready to hand the embattled president another loyalist on the nation’s highest court.
This week’s developments confirm what many patriots already feared: Congress is cooking up a large pizza—the infamous Brazilian “acordão” where everyone grabs a slice through backroom horse-trading, but real accountability and justice get tossed aside. Senate President Davi Alcolumbre has masterfully timed the calendar. Messias gets his shot on the 29th, followed immediately by a joint congressional session on April 30 with a single item: analyzing (and potentially overriding) Lula’s full veto on the PL da Dosimetria. The bill would introduce clearer sentencing guidelines and could significantly reduce penalties for those convicted in the January 8, 2023 events—including Jair Bolsonaro and dozens of others.
Messias, currently Lula’s Attorney General, is widely viewed as a reliable extension of the PT machine. His rapid advancement, complete with a favorable report from rapporteur Senator Weverton Rocha (to be read on April 15), exposes the rotten core of Brasília’s deal-making culture. Government allies project enough votes for approval, while the dosimetria override requires an absolute majority (257 in the Chamber and 41 in the Senate). This back-to-back scheduling is no coincidence—it’s a calibrated trade: Lula secures ideological control over the STF, while centrists and parts of the opposition get a symbolic chance at sentencing relief.
Lula’s third term has been marred by one embarrassment after another. His son, Fábio Luís Lula da Silva—derisively known as Lulinha—faces intensifying scrutiny over alleged ties to massive INSS pension fraud schemes. Congressional probes, including the CPMI do INSS, have pierced bank and tax secrecy, revealing suspicious movements and links to lobbyists like the “Careca do INSS.” Reports of lavish trips funded by investigated figures, potential plea bargains naming family members, and millions in questionable flows continue to surface. Even as these horrors unfold and public frustration mounts—with Lula’s approval ratings hovering in the low-to-mid 40s—the political machine rolls on with business-as-usual deal-making. The CPMI ultimately rejected stronger indictments against Lulinha, another slice of pizza that shields the powerful.
Yet here we are. Senators, many of whom face their own re-election battles in 2026, are signaling willingness to rubber-stamp a nominee whose primary qualification appears to be unwavering loyalty to a president whose family is once again entangled in influence-peddling accusations. This is not governance; it is entrenchment of a judicial-political cartel that has long prioritized protecting the elite over delivering justice.
Conservatives and patriots have every right to be horrified. The STF has already become a politicized weapon in recent years, issuing decisions that stretch constitutional bounds and target dissenters. Installing another government ally only deepens that rot, further eroding trust in institutions already stained by selective prosecutions and leniency for allies.
The Brazilian people deserve better than this spectacle of impunity. Voters must remember these senators’ names when ballots are cast. Those who enable Lula’s agenda—scandals be damned—have forfeited any claim to represent honest citizens. They prioritize short-term horse-trading over accountability, backroom deals over the rule of law, and personal survival over national renewal.
The upcoming votes on April 29 and 30 will test whether any spine remains in Congress. If Messias sails through despite the stench surrounding Lula’s circle, and the dosimetria effort collapses into another half-baked pizza, it will confirm what many already suspect: too many in Brasília are complicit in perpetuating a system that shields insiders while ordinary Brazilians suffer the consequences of weak institutions and moral decay.
Enough is enough. These men cannot be rewarded with re-election. The path to reclaiming Brazil demands rejecting this shameful theater and demanding representatives who place justice, transparency, and the people’s will above partisan loyalty. The horror unfolding in the Senate this week is a wake-up call—ignore it at the nation’s peril.