Former president of, federal deputy Rui Falcão (SP) announced, on Wednesday (9), his candidacy for the command of the party, as opposed to the former mayor of Araraquara Edinho Silva, who is the president’s favorite for the position.
The deputy points out as a seed of his candidacy a letter sent to the militants in which he defended a vigorous and fierce PT that “face the right no with flowers.” He says that there was a manifesto born in favor of his name.
“You do not fight fascism, as they say we are here in fascism, with flowers. You fight with social mobilization, with struggle,” he said, who will officially launch the candidacy on Monday (14) in São Paulo.
Asked about the possibility of backwards at Lula’s request, Falcão launched doubts about an initiative of the president in this regard. The deputy says there is no problem talking to the president and is committed to his reelection, “the biggest leadership we have.”
He also stated that it is not a candidacy against Lula, nor in challenge to the president, because he did not hear from him a demonstration for another candidate. “I think he has the greatest respect for the PT militants, for my story. I have doubts if he would call me to try to dissuade me,” he said.
Falcão tells compares the party’s internal election. As Edinho has faced – CNB (building a new Brazil) – the expectation is that the launch of applications will bring the dispute for a second round.
In 2022, the deputy was one of the coordinators of Lula’s campaign to the presidency, alongside Edinho and today Minister of Secom (Secretariat of Communication of the Presidency) ,.
Scaled by Lula himself, he also articulated the return of his former mayor to the PT, in an agreement that raised her to the deputy of () in the race for the São Paulo City Hall in 2024.
He was one of the three PT deputies who voted sent by the Lula Government (PT) to Congress at the beginning of the month to try to improve public accounts.
Rui Falcão has previously chaired the party, being predecessor of Gleisi Hoffmann, who took over the acronym in 2017.
