Minister of institutional relations and even recently president of, will continue without supporting any candidacy for the party command for now, and states that its focus is to work for the internal unit.
“I still work to consolidate the PT’s political unity in this year’s electoral process, as I was doing when I was in the party presidency. This is the contribution I intend to make, not sitting between candidacies,” he told the panel.
The caption will have internal election in July to president, with, who has dominated the PT for 20 years.
Edinho, however, faces internal dissent in the group, led by leaders such as the leader of the House Government, José Guimarães (CE), the Secretary of Communication, Jilmar Tatto, and the mayor of Maricá (RJ), Washington Quaquá.
Gleisi herself is identified by several petistas as part of this dissident group, but she denies working against Edinho. “My group is that of the president,” he says.
The minister criticizes the current party dispute, especially for generating in some critical situations in the personal field.
“Internal disputes are from the PT tradition and even enrich the party, but they worry about personal attacks that demot the debate,” he says.
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