The president () said on Friday that the governor of, () would be nothing without () and will do what the former president wants.
The statement was made in an interview with Radio Itatiaia. “We have to recognize that Bolsonaro has a strength in the very strong far right sector. Tarcisio will do whatever Bolsonaro wants. Because without Bolsonaro he is nothing. He knows that,” he said.
Asked about the statements of the petista, Tarcisio replied that “does not lose even a minute” thinking of such criticism.
In a press conference at Mário Covas State Hospital in Santo André, where he was about to announce more resources for health and equipment investments, the governor was asked if the criticism bothered him.
“I don’t miss a minute thinking about it,” he replied.
After the short response, Tarcisio was silent and was questioned on other subjects. He said he intends to be in to follow Bolsonaro’s trial next week and believes in the former president’s innocence.
“I don’t know what will happen. What I know is that Bolsonaro is innocent. I lived with him very closely this whole period, I was a president who is planning something does not name the power commanders who is succeeding. So there is a lot that makes no sense, in my opinion.
The governor of Sao Paulo is quoted to be the candidate of the pocket field in the 2026 elections. The pressure per unit around the governor of São Paulo to the presidency has gained strength in recent weeks and the financial market.
In the interview with Radio Itatiaia, Lula claimed to have a good relationship with, who is president of and Secretary of Tarcisio. About the results of electoral polls, the president said it is early to define a scenario.
“It is very hasty for us to define the game outside the stadium. Let’s go on the field and start defining the game. There will be time when things will be defined, who will be with who. And then we will play,” said Lula.
He also repeated a speech that he will be a candidate for reelection if he is “100% health,” as he says today.
Lula also defended the cancellation of the deputy (PL-SP), who articulates sanctions against Brazil in the US to press for an amnesty to his father.
“I already talked to the president [da Câmara] I have already talked to several deputies that it is extremely necessary to revoke Eduardo Bolsonaro because he will move to history as the greatest traitor in the history of this country. In fact, one of the greatest traitors of the world’s homeland, “said Lula.
Lula also put the Mineiro governor, (new), whom he called “a caricature figure” and “false humble”.
“If he has the performance he had in [programa] it will be a disaster for him. Or it improves, is no longer the false humble and begins to tell the truth or it will be demoralized in the campaign. “
The president fulfilled this Friday two agendas in Minas Gerais without the presence of Zema or members of the state government. In a recent interview, the governor said he would receive Lula in the administrative city, headquarters of the government, but refuses to attend Lula events “not to be booed.”
Government of Minas Gerais
The President of the Republic defends the candidacy of the former president of (PSD) to the government of Minas. The congressman, however, says the allies has not yet defined if the next elections will be played.
Pacheco’s name is also quoted for a vacancy to the (Federal Supreme Court) in case of eventual early retirement of the minister.
“I am just showing my wish, which I would like to be accepted by Pacheco, because by PT I already know it is accepted, but it will depend on him. I would like him to take responsibility, because he will be governor of Minas Gerais. I have no doubt that his opponents will dismantle powder in the contest for the 2026 election,” Lula told the radio.
Later, during the Federal Government act in Contagem, Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Region, Pacheco was quoted again by allies.
During a speech, the minister of cities, Jader Filho, said that the former Senate president is “one of the brightest politicians of my generation” and asked for his candidacy in 2026.
“Minas has made wrong choices in recent years, which do not honor the history of the state. You have an obligation with Minas Gerais. You cannot omit. You have to be the future governor of Minas,” the minister told the senator.
Lula’s visit was Friday to Minas Gerais only in 2025. In Contagem, the mayor is the ally Marília (PT), quoted to be deputy in a possible plate with Pacheco for the Minas Gerais government in 2026.
At the same event in Contagem, Pacheco also spoke and stated that his political future “will be the future that each of you wants me to have.”
Without mentioning the name of the current governor of Minas Gerais, the senator stated that people who are homeless today “cannot be squealed, cannot be shook, have to be cared for.” Speech is a critique of recent statements by Romeu Zema. In an interview with BBC News, released on August 15, Zema compared homeless people to parked cars in a forbidden place that need to be squealed.
The senator also took the opportunity to criticize federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP) and pockets. Pacheco said that the differences in politics are natural, but “there are no two sides when it comes to defending the democracy and sovereignty of our country.”
“Brazilian who dare to go abroad to work against the country is a traitor of the homeland. This flag of Brazil is not to wipe away from fascist. It is a national symbol that belongs to all of us,” he said. The audience reacted with shouts of “without amnesty”.
