The former governor of Sao Paulo and current minister of entrepreneurship, microenterprise and small business, Márcio França (PSB), reaffirmed the desire to dispute the Bandeirantes Palace in 2026. The pre-candidate said he did not check anyone in the PT with willingness to run in the next election.
“The overwhelming majority of the PT federal bench are favorable to a unique government candidacy and friendly to my name. The first person I talked about about my willingness was Finance Minister Fernando Haddad. And he told me he would not be a state -level candidate next year. I don’t feel anyone in the PT with that arrangement. The globe Posted this Sunday, 11.
For France, the support of the Workers Party (PT) can lead to a different result from that obtained by the caption at the São Paulo City Hall in 2024. “In the capital, last year, the PT went to the left, with (federal deputy Guilherme) Boulos (PSOL), and lost the election. The time is to go in the opposite direction,” he said.
The minister minimizes the “vacuum” of names on the left in São Paulo, while the right already presents possible pre-candidates, such as Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP), São Paulo Public Security Secretary Guilherme Derrite (PL), and state secretary of government, Gilberto Kassab (PSD).
“It’s better vacuum than excess. In excess, there’s a fight. The vacuum at least ends with a consensus.”
Márcio França evaluates that a definitive decision on alliances for 2026 should also consider the national scenario, especially the role that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will have in the election. According to the minister, the petista will be “120%” by his side.
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He also believes that the right should press the current governor of Sao Paulo, Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans), to run for Planalto. “Electorally, you don’t own your decisions. You are pushed,” he said.
If Tarcisio remains in the state dispute, France says he will have a combative stance. “With me, he won’t find a mold,” he promised.
