He got his job back
The court order that cancelled Lula's nomination to the cabinet was rescinded so he is now a cabinet officer. However, there are several other writs still out there in various venues. (It might be a good idea to put a revolving door on his office).
To address the plethora of writs and ensure that the jurisprudence is the same for all of them, the Supreme Court has been asked to look at them together to assess the merit of all or each.
However, there are still complications because at least for the time being, the investigation that the PT wanted to get out of Lava-Jato Judge Sergio Moro's courtroom was reportedly sent back to Moro. So the whole exercise to keep Lula from getting arrested was apparently in vain. Moro had never asked for Lula's arrest in the first place. (Yawn!)
The analysts suggest that the court does not want to antagonize either side of the issue by complicating things and will probably allow Dilma to have her "able assistant" and "mentor" help her govern Brazil until such time as her impeachment is considered.
To cap the confusion, Finance Minister Nelson Barbosa appeared on TV to exhort the politicians to pay some attention now to economic policy.
(Fat chance!)
Most analysts figure it will take another 30 to 60 days just to work out the political and legal problems. Now would be a good time for Nelson to work on that New Economic Framework that he developed for Brazil - do some debugging kind of stuff or break out one of those elaborate coloring books for grown-ups!
Meanwhile, protestors on both sides (anti-PT and pro-Dilma) continue to occupy the streets in a potentially explosive situation. The police had to remove the anti-PT protestors on Avenida Paulista with water cannons and tear gas.
Don't miss the next exciting chapter of this Brazilian Soap Opera!
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