Brazil’s Lula, Lower House Speaker Meet to Address Budget Impasse

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met on Monday night with lower house Speaker Arthur Lira at the presidential palace amid the crisis between the three branches of government, after the Supreme Court suspended lawmakers’ budget amendments, says Folha de S.Paulo, which does not reveal how it obtained the information and does not give details of the meeting.

Lawmakers assess that the top court ruling, initiated by a decision from Justice Flavio Dino, had the support of members of the federal government. Dino is a former member of Lula’s cabinet.