Minister Rosa Weber meets with federal public servant leaders to discuss salary raises, the PSB and PT consider a possible alliance, and a new poll on the presidential succession is expected today

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 20 Jan 2022 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

The public servant leaders will ask for a clarification on the government’s deadline to grant the raise to other groups before being prevented by electoral legislation. They should also ask that, if a raise is granted, it be given to all groups. Bolsonaro has said that it will not be possible to give an equal raise to all servants. Today, the presidents of the PSB, Carlos Siqueira, and the PT, Gleisi Hoffman, are discussing the possibility of an alliance between the two parties. The biggest point of divergence is the election in São Paulo. The PT will not give up on Fernando Haddad’s candidacy, and the PSB's pre-candidate is Márcio França. The poll expected for today is unlikely to present new data in relation to the previous polls, with the lead continuing between Lula and Bolsonaro, and third candidates far from threatening this polarization.

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