The Minister of Mines and Energy, (), said that he would like to compete for NAS 2026 in Minas Gerais. He said his priority is to work for the reelection of the president (PT) and consider an attempt to return to Congress in the same dispute.
“If I had to choose, I would love to serve my state as a Senator of the Republic,” Silveira told the weekly video of the Sheet. “But I reaffirm my commitment to be cast by President Lula where he understands that I will be more useful for his project, for the country project he represents.”
Assembly of stands for elections is part of a strategic chess for the country’s leading political groups. The state is the second largest electoral college in Brazil, with more than 16 million voters in dispute.
Lula and his allies discuss the formation of a plate with strong candidates to represent the president’s political field and boost his campaign among the miners.
Among the possibilities would be a senator’s candidacy (PSD) to the government, but he. To dispute the Senate on this plate, the names of the former mayor of Belo Horizonte and the federal deputy Reginaldo Lopes (PT) are part of the bookmaker.
Members of the PT summit would also like to launch the mayor of Contagem as a candidate, Marília Campos, but she does not intend to leave the municipality’s command to compete for this vacancy.
In mentioning the desire to compete, Silveira quoted her Senate experience. He held a mandate in February 2022 to January 2023. He was the alternate of then Senator Antonio Anastasia (PSD), who left office to take over a chair of Minister of the TCU (Federal Court of Audit).
Silveira disputed the reelection in October 2022, in alliance with the PT of Lula, but was defeated by Cleitinho Azevedo (Republicans). In 2026, there will be two vacancies in play for the Senate in each state.
To run for office, Silveira would have to leave the Ministry of Mines and Energy before April 4, 2026, the deadline established by the electoral law.
The PSD of Silveira faces national divisions regarding plans for the 2026 elections. The party is part of Lula’s management with three ministries – in addition to Silveira, they are in the André de Paula (Fisheries) and Carlos Fávaro (agriculture) government – but part of the parliamentarians votes with the opposition in Congress and defends support for a presidential candidate next year.
Silveira argues that “most of the party in important and strategic states” supports Lula’s reelection. He cites the Senator (PSD), in Bahia, Senator Omar Aziz (PSD), in Amazonas, Fávaro, Mato Grosso, and Mayor Eduardo Paes (PSD), in Rio.
“It is natural that a party of this size has its internal differences. Now, we have the biggest party leader of this country, who is the president. No one knows how to build both convergence and understanding and Kassab,” he said.
Kassab himself, however, emits dubious and distancing signs about Lula’s reelection project. He publicly defends the candidacy for the presidency of Ratinho Júnior (PSD), governor of Paraná, and is one of the main secretaries of the government of Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans) in São Paulo.
The PSD has not yet defined its way even in Minas Gerais. At the local level, the party supports the government of (Novo), Lula’s declared opponent.
Acronym leaders even discussed the possibility of joining Deputy Governor Mateus Simões (Novo) and launching him to the government in 2026. Simões, however, is also Lula’s critic, which would make it impossible for the formation of a Senate-to-run from Silveira.
A few weeks ago, Simões stated during an event in Minas Gerais that Lula should be “excited from history” from the state. Silveira reacted, classifying the statement as “a contrasts and a gesture of opportunism.”
