Lula Picks May Day TV Address as PL Seeks TSE Limits

Overview

• The PL asked Brazil’s electoral court to restrict Lula’s planned Workers’ Day speech, seeking a ban on personal promotion, visual elements and attacks on political rivals.
• Lula will skip in‑person May 1 events and give a nationwide address to present a household debt plan and to urge an end to the 6x1 workweek, with full details expected Monday.
• Reports describe a swap of overdue credit card, overdraft and unsecured loans into a cheaper contract capped at 1.99% a month with 40%–90% discounts and access for people earning up to five minimum wages.
• The draft design would keep sign‑ups open for 90 days, allow up to four years to repay with a one‑month grace period and clear a borrower’s credit record after the first payment, with up to 20% of FGTS, a worker severance fund, allowed to help pay.
• The dispute follows a challenge to Lula’s March address and plays out as the PL prepares Flávio Bolsonaro’s presidential launch in a race recent polls cast as a close contest.