The former president of (-MG) has accumulated signs that it will be a candidate for governor of Minas Gerais as an ally of the president (PT), who will run for reelection in 2026. In addition to being pressured by the petista himself, Pacheco has been encouraged by the current president of the Senate (-AP).
Months ago, leaving the Senate command, Pacheco rejected the candidacy when questioned by interlocutors. The rejection bothered Lula’s allies. The petista needs a candidate for strong governor to help him campaign in the state.
Now the senator has commented on reserved conversations about the need for a wide and stated front that he will decide his future in this second semester. The idea would be to preserve yourself and make time to make a scenario evaluation closer to the election.
The assembly of stands 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.
One of the senator’s first movements identified as a sign that he intends to apply is on social networks. Pacheco, whose mandate in the Senate ends in 2026, has published several videos about machine delivery to city halls.
Pacheco has also attended ceremonies in Minas and Brasilia, related to works in the state, and accompany Lula on trips.
On Thursday (24), he participated in an act with the president in Montes Claros. He spoke after all the ministers present, before only Lula, and made statements that bring him closer to the petista electorate.
He mentioned the coup attacks of January 8, 2023, criticized the possibility of amnesty to the accused of participation in the episode, spoke in defense of democracy and waved to students, teachers and social movements.
He also said he will be with Lula in the next election and that the President of the Republic guarantees national sovereignty. Since the president of the United States, and linked the sanction to the judgment of the former president (PL).
The pressure for your application has occurred in the private and also in public. At the end of June ,.
Research, interlocutors claim that the apex of this pressure occurred in March, when the senator traveled to Asia with Lula and other politicians. Part of the presidential plane passengers understood, the conversations, that Pacheco had confirmed the interest in running.
When he arrived in Brazil, the senator told allies that he had never been so tight. He hinted that he had not permanently answered anyone.
In addition to trips, Lula received Pacheco for a conversation in Brasilia days before the start of parliamentary recess.
David Alcolumbre also demonstrates, behind the scenes, enthusiasm for the possibility of Pacheco’s candidacy, one of his closest allies.
The president of the Senate is from Amapá and has reduced powers over Minas Gerais policy, but arouses in Pacheco allies the hope of having the support of União Brasil in an eventual candidacy. The current Senate president is one of the party’s most influential names.
With Pacheco’s signs, Lula’s political group begins to evaluate candidacies to the Senate. The mayor of Contagem, Marília Campos (PT), tries to put the former mayor of (PSD) back in Lula’s orbit to run for one of two vacancies that will be in dispute.
Marilia herself is a name mentioned by petist leaders, but she does not intend to leave the City Hall of Contagem to run for the vacancy.
The Minister of Mines and Energy, (PSD), told the Sheet that. Names such as federal deputies Reginaldo Lopes (PT) and Mario Heringer (PDT) are also speculated.
The President of the Republic has already appointed to PT leaders and allies of other parties who accept to associate with a plate without petistas in Minas Gerais if this is necessary to ensure stronger support in the state with his presidential candidacy.
Members of the PT summit prove to be conformed to the hypothesis, but they do considerations. A plate with Pacheco, Kalil and Silveira, for example, would be very conservative and would have difficulty being accepted by the petistas.
Another complicating is the fact that the PSD of Silveira and Pacheco is one of the main parties of the Governor’s (New) base, Lula’s opponent. Petistas evaluate that, at the limit, the behavior of the state caption may even make a Pacheco candidacy or force him to look for another acronym.
