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Brazil Speaker meets Lula focusing on tax reform in lower house

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks with Brazil's Lower House Speaker Arthur Lira during a meeting with parliamentarians at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

Brazil's lower house Speaker Arthur Lira said on Monday his main focus will now be approval of a tax reform and called on President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's leftist minority government to make greater efforts to win over lawmakers for the reform proposal.

After meeting with the president, Lira told CNN Brasil that the tax reform must be voted on by the chamber before Congress enters recess in July.

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