the singer Margaret Menezes invitation accepted elected president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva To take over the future Ministry of Culture, to be reconstituted during his tenure. However, the artist encountered resistance in the cultural sector and in the wings of the Labor Party.
Delightfully, the artist accepted the invitation that came from a proposal from before Sociologist sOsangela Silva, Ganga, Lola’s wife🇧🇷 However, his name was not Labor’s first choice. At first , an actress Marietta severe it’s the Rapper crusty An approach was made, but they did not accept the proposal. Lola himself sounded Severo.
Menezes joins in Culture Transition TeamTo which she was invited after criticizing the absence of blacks among those responsible for assessing the sector during the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro.
After winning the election, Lula had expressed his desire to take a symbol to the Ministry of Culture again, to repeat the effect of the council’s candidacy. Composer Gilberto Gil in his first term🇧🇷
Preferably, the idea is to be a woman or of African descent. Ganga also believed in the influence of a great artist, and as the first invitations failed, she championed the name of Margaret Menezes, a black singer, an icon of the Bahian carnival.
Once she had accepted the invitation, Menezes saw her name flip flops, as she had not had a strong past as a manager, except for the establishment of the Associação Fábrica Cultural in Salvador.
However, his critics expressed admiration for his music career. Unlike Gil, who headed the Gregorio de Matos Foundation – equivalent to the Municipal Secretary of Culture – in Salvador, prior to her tenure as MinC, she had no experience in public administration.
closest to Janja, Workers’ Party National Culture Secretary, Marcio Tavaresexpressed sympathy for the singer’s candidacy.
a Former Minister of Culture, Joca Ferreira and the Federal Representative, Jandira Feghali Asmaa was from the political area that the militants and managers are defending.
In WhatsApp groups, cultural agents’ opposition to Menezes’ name grew on Friday. The singer is having dinner tonight in Salvador with friends from the cultural district.
She heard about the counter-demonstrations and wanted to know more about what she might encounter in the administrative structure of the ministry. After the invitation was leaked, Lula listened to reflections from the interviewers about the difficulties in recreating the file and the merits of a technical team. Reservations reached Ganga too.
a Photographer and Producer Luiz Carlos Barreto, who expressed his preference for Ferreira, sent advice to the PT and President Lula via WhatsApp. He asserts that he defended a technical name in his personal name.
“I am a film producer and campaigner with a Brazilian cultural project. I think the Ministry of Culture should not have an artist minister. Fernanda MontenegroWhen Sarney invited her to be Minister of Culture – I went to hear her voice – the place of the artist was in the trenches of creativity, and not in the offices of public and official departments, ”says Pareto.
“It took six years of demolition. This minister must be a great manager, who knows the insides of Brasilia well. I have nothing against Margaret. I have everything for Margaret. She is an extraordinary personality and we will miss her greatly in creativity,” adds the producer.
Broadcast on MinC’s social networks, shortly after Lula’s victory, the name of singer Daniela Mercury, a first-time Labor supporter, finds no support.
