Considered a skilled politician and owner of precise electoral analysis, the president of, had to realize his speech this week after statements that sounded, in the political environment, as a government landing (PT) and a bet on a possible presidential candidacy of ( Republicans).
Kassab is Secretary of Institutional Relations of the Governor of São Paulo, who, in turn, is an ally of Jair Bolsonaro (PL), and the PSD has three ministries in the PT government.
Last week, at a closed event from the UBS BB Investment Bank for financial market agents ,.
“Today [a reeleição] It is not easy. In almost 23 years, since Lula was elected, the PT has never had a fall [de popularidade] in the Northeast. If it were today, he would be in the campaign, but not in the favorite position, but defeated. “
The speech was an assessment of the Quaest survey, released days earlier, which showed ,. Kassab did not fail to say at the time that Lula was a strong name, which he would do “everything” to win the 2026 election.
The statement also occurred the day after a dinner in Higienópolis, central region of the city, which brought together São Paulo political leaders with the president of the House of Representatives, Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB)-which would be elected to the position at the end of next week.
The absence of Bolsonarist politicians and the moderate lines of those present were interpreted by analysts as a first meeting of the political group that would support Tarcisio’s attempt to run for the presidency.
Although Tarcisio does not throw himself at the presidential dispute, arguing that his group’s candidate is Bolsonaro or who he chooses, Kassab’s later statements were seen as an adherence to this possible project.
“Kassab didn’t talk to anyone. He says what he wants,” Tarcisio’s leader in the Legislative Assembly, Gilmaci Gomes (Republicans), said on Monday.
President Lula, who prepares a ministerial reform and can change the share of positions under PSD control in the government, the day after Kassab’s statements of the ally’s lines.
“When I saw the story of fellow Kassab, I started laughing. Because, as he says that if the election were today, I would lose, I looked on the calendar and realized that the election will be only two years from now,” he said, “he said . Lula also defended Haddad of criticism.
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Already this week, Kassab had to act to return to the position he was two weeks ago, equidistant of the two presidential projects.
Last Wednesday (5), at a lunch held at the same Restaurant of Higienópolis that received dinner for Hugo Motta, Kassab sought to undo the impression that he bet on the Tarcisio presidential campaign. According to allies, he reinforced the defense of reelection to the state government.
Tarcisio’s deputy Felício Ramuth is from the Kassab party. Allies claim that the secretary wants the position, eyeing the governor’s chair in a possible attempted Tarcisio to run for the presidency in 2030. Kassab does not confirm.
Lunch gathered mayors of the Paraíba Valley and ended with representatives of other parties stating that they should migrate to the PSD, which already controls 206 of the 645 municipalities in São Paulo. The party also negotiates a merger with the PSDB.
This Thursday (6), also in an event closed to investor groups, Kassab changed the tone over expectations for 2026 and Lula’s “defeated” position.
“It’s too early to say anything about the election. He can still reverse the scenario. He is strong,” the secretary told Estadão/Broadcast.
Kassab assistants say they do not see tone change between last week’s statements and this.
“President Lula has undeniable qualities and political strength. Kassab, asked at that time [semana passada]Given that research [Quaest]If Lula could lose the election in 2026, he said he could, “says his team, in a statement.
“This does not change the fact that Lula is a strong, experienced politician who undeniably knows how to earn elections and has time to arrive in 2026 with a more favorable assessment. And that can happen or not,” follows the text.
According to the advisory, Kassab “has been said for some time that Governor Tarcisio is the best project for the state of and is convinced that he will be president of the republic in the future.”
Kassab “thinks that, with such a well -evaluated government and so many developing achievements, the option to try the presidency after the first term is risky, see what happened to the governors [José] Saw and [João] Doria”.
Finally, Kassab’s staff said he will support Tarcisio’s decision, “regardless of whatever it may be.”
