Lula dinner at Alvorada is attended by Moraes, STF and Gonet ministers

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva received on Thursday night, 31, Ministers of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) and the Attorney General, Paulo Gonet, at the Dawn Palace, for a dinner.

The meeting takes place a day after the US government’s decision to impose sanctions on Minister Alexandre de Moraes through magnitsky law. Moraes was one of the guests and, in images recorded by photographer Wilton Júnior, from Estadão, appears next to Lula and Gonet in the palace.

According to Brazil agencyIn addition to them, the President of the Court, Luis Roberto Barroso, and the ministers Gilmar Mendes, Cristiano Zanin, Flávio Dino and Edson Fachin were present at dinner. All 11 STF ministers had been invited. Ministers Ricardo Lewandowski (Justice and Public Security) and Jorge Messias (Attorney General of the Union) also participated in dinner.

Earlier, this Thursday, the Estadão column He had already revealed that at least one minister would no longer appear: André Mendonça, nominated by Bolsonaro to the court.

The expectation on Thursday was that, during the meeting, Lula presented the reaction strategy of the Brazilian government to measure. On Wednesday, 30th, Sanction Day to Moraes and also the United States’s tariff over Brazil, Lula had already met Barroso, Gilmar Mendes and Cristiano Zanin.