Lula has lunch with Dirceu and Palocci and receives Miguel Arraes afterwards

05/12/2002 - 13h05

Brasília, December 5, 2002 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will have lunch with the president of the PT, José Dirceu, the coordinator of the transition team, Antônio Palocci, and the senator-elect from São Paulo, Aloizio Mercadante. Afterwards, he will receive the president of the PSB, Miguel Arraes. The press adviser for the transition, Ricardo Kotscho, confirmed that Lula will announced his cabinet prior to his trip to the United States, on Monday (9). Kotscho also said that Lula intends to announce all the names at one time. (DAS)