Elected to command party with the support of Lula, former mayor of Araraquara, says that Minister “knew how to face” the “worst moment” in the history of the subtitle
President -elect of the PT, Edinho Silva said on Monday (7.Jul.2025) that the current Minister of Institutional Relations, (PT), was “The greatest leader in history” of the party, even when the subtitle went through its “Worst moment”.
60, former mayor of Araraquara and representative of the CNB majority current (building a new Brazil), won the internal petista dispute on Sunday (6.Jul.2025) with the support of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
“Gleisi Hoffmann, in my vision, was the greatest leader in PT history. She directed at the worst moment in our history. She cooked a direction that knew how to face this difficult time. Each one has their style, a story, but there was a collective construction,” he said, “ said Edinho.
Gleisi led the PT from 2017 to 2025, Dilma Rousseff’s post-impeachment period and in which Lula was arrested for 580 days by Operation Lava Jato. Gleisi passed the stick to Humberto Costa temporarily, to take a ministry on the Esplanade of Lula in March.
Edinho was mayor of Araraquara in 2 periods: from 2001 to 2008 and from 2017 to 2024. He was also Minister of Secom (Secretariat of Social Communication) of the Dilma Government from 2015 to 2016.
In late 2024, Edinho made harsh criticism of Gleisi. For him, the then president of the PT should have avoided signing one that was being set up by the Minister of Finance, by determination of Lula.
“The desirable is that the discussion had been exhausted internally. I do not think Gleisi has to give up his convictions, but he cannot weaken the Minister of Finance. That is to take strength from the government itself,” said Edinho in an interview with the magazine Look.
About the conflict passed with Gleisi, Edinho said this Monday (7.Jul) that each one has “your way ”but party dogmas remain independently of management.
The main mission of the new acronym commander is to organize PT candidates in 2026, especially Lula’s reelection for a possible 4th term. In AO Poder360 Published on June 28, he said he had no doubt that the president will be a candidate.
“Of course the PT has to consolidate its field, consolidate the field to its historical partners. It is evident that yes. But for democracy to win once again, we will have to dialogue with those who are not so similar to us, who do not historically defend the same things as us. And of course, without giving up our historical program, built by our allies, which brought us here. establishes yourself ”, stated at the time.
