Criticism of the government and the economic policy led by the minister (farm) marked the debate of candidates for the presidency on Monday (2). With the exception of former Mayor Edinho Silva, supported by the Chief Executive, his opponents defended changes in petista management, also criticizing currency policy.
In addition to Edinho, three candidates attended the meeting at PT headquarters in Brasilia. Former PT President, federal deputy Rui Falcão attributed his vote contrary to Haddad’s package to the conviction of “which petista does not vote for loss of law of the working class”.
“This package is one of the factors that have contributed to the president not recovering all popularity,” Falcão said, claiming that it is unacceptable to continue “to live with the rate of higher than the one who was called the Lesa Patria policy, which was Roberto Campos Neto.”
Competing by the plate “Hope is Red”, Valter Pomar spoke of “more and better public policies that will only exist if we defeat the bank, the right -wing majority of Congress, part of the Ministry of Finance and the.”
He also criticized Defense Minister José Mucio, stating that “a defense minister capable of looking at camps in front of the barracks and seeing scammers and not, as he said, friends, family and democrats.”
Candidate for the plate “We are all PT in motion”, the party’s secretary of international relations, Romênio Pereira, cited distancing from the president of his foundations, claiming to have heard complaints about the difficulty of approaching Lula’s stage. According to him, the government is very closed in the large centers of the country. He also said that the ministers do not travel and a group remains in the Planalto Palace, around the president.
“The president needs to talk more to the people,” said Romanio, to whom the widening of the arc of alliances does not mean giving up values and disrespect to militancy.
He also said that petistas must support the Lula administration, but have the courage to disagree and correct directions.
Already Edinho spoke on the rise of fascism in the US, in Europe and Brazil. Remembering the decline of historical left parties, he defended the PT strengthening to face future challenges, including Lula’s absence at the polls from 2026.
Edinho praised programs implemented after the government and said that this is the historic moment for the construction “of a party that will have to be strong, which will have to be strong, even when President Lula no longer competes.”
He recalled that the 2026 election will effectively be the last election that President Lula will be at the polls, “representing our project and representing our party construction.”
“Of course President Lula will continue to influence the PT directions, but he will not be in the direct relationship of project dispute with our society. And I want to reproduce here a phrase from President Lula, which for me is historical and emblematic: ‘President Lula’s successor will not be a name. President Lula’s successor will be the PT.'”
Under Lula’s interference, CNB (building a new Brazil) sacred last month the support for Edinho’s candidacy for the PT command, ending a dispute in the party’s greatest strength.
A will be on July 6th. With unification, the perspective is that Edinho gets the victory in the first round. His three opponents are from minority currents.
According to participants in the articulation, the understanding included the promise that the Finance Secretariat – today occupied by Gleide Andrade – will remain under the management of the same political field. In this case, the reelection of the Gleide itself would not be ruled out. Lula makes no objection to her name, according to petistas’ report.
Although Edinho has avoided the controversy, in his, CNB says the rate is “unjustifiable.” -Title is “to defeat the far right and advance in the construction of a new Brazil”-defends “good public-private partnerships” to generate investments and modernize the country.
