One day after right-wing governors articulated the fight against organized crime, heads of state executives from left-wing parties avoided clashes with their colleagues and defended a union of forces in the fight against organized crime.
The left-wing managers, all from states in the Northeast, were not invited to participate in the initiative, launched this Thursday (30) as an act of support for the governor (), after the , which left 121 people dead.
The speeches had an electoral tone, with criticism of the Lula government and the participation of governors who are potential presidential candidates, such as (Republicans), from São Paulo, (Novo), from Minas Gerais, and (), from Goiás.
Target of criticism from Caiado for his management of public security, the governor of Bahia, (PT), criticized the debate guided by political-partisan interests.
“The moment is for cooperation and not for division between states, attacks or conflicts. Only by joining forces in a sincere manner and without lesser political interests will we defeat crime”, stated the PT member, who defended the approval of the PEC for public security by the National Congress.
Jerônimo also stated that he would not consider using a moment of consternation as a partisan and electoral element and defended the union of the 27 governors around a single agenda to combat organized crime.
“A good criminal is a criminal arrested and handed over to the courts. This is my maxim: arrest, hand over to the courts and offer the capacity for resocialization within the prisons,” said the governor of Bahia.
The governor of Ceará, Elmano de Freitas (PT), who has adopted a hard-line speech in the fight against organized crime, celebrated on a social network a police operation that left seven people dead in Canindé, a city in the interior of the state 115 km from Fortaleza.
“No police officers killed. No innocent people shot. The population protected,” said the governor, celebrating the operation.
Castro took to social media and praised the PT member: “I congratulate the Ceará police officers and Governor Elmano de Freitas for their courage and determination in confronting organized crime.”
A Sheet He sought out governors Carlos Brandão (no party), from Maranhão, Fátima Bezerra (PT), from Rio Grande do Norte, Rafael Fonteles (PT), from Piauí, and Fábio Mitidieri (PSD), from Sergipe, but none wanted to comment.
In Brasília, the initiative was criticized by members of the government (), who classified the creation of the group of right-wing governors as an attempt to politically divide the country.
The minister (Secretariat of Institutional Relations) stated that the governors who are now uniting were against what was sent by the Executive to Congress, which plans to constitutionalize the Susp (Single Public Security System), establishing minimum guidelines to be followed by security bodies across the country.
“Instead of joining forces in the fight against organized crime, as proposed by the Security PEC sent by President Lula to Congress, the right-wing governors, voiced by Ronaldo Caiado, invest in political division and want to put Brazil on the radar of Donald Trump’s military interventionism in Latin America”, in a post on social media.
In recent months, the United States has reinforced its military presence in Latin America by sending fighter jets, warships and soldiers under the argument of acting against drug trafficking, mainly in Venezuela.
The mega-operation in one and its consequences, with an exchange of accusations and criticisms from one side to the other, against the backdrop of the electoral dispute in 2026. The public security agenda should be one of the main themes of next year’s election.
Also participating in the “Consortium for Peace” are the governors (PL), Santa Catarina, Eduardo Riedel (PP), of Mato Grosso do Sul, and Celina Leão (PP), vice-governor of the Federal District.
The meeting brought together governors who are moving to inherit the electoral estate of the former president (PL), who is ineligible. In anticipation of the 2026 electoral dispute, the public security agenda served to engage governors in a counterpoint to the Lula government.
The group criticized the attempt at the Planalto Palace.
Jorginho Mello, governor of Santa Catarina, said he hopes that all 27 federation units join the Peace Consortium.
