The vice-president of the Republic, (), has already warned PT leaders that he does not intend to run for any position if he is removed from the ticket on which Luiz Inácio da Silva () will seek re-election.
The conversation, according to people close to the vice president heard by Sheetit was not a threat to break up. Alckmin reportedly said he would support Lula even without running for any office.
PT members with the possibility of the vice-president, who governed São Paulo from 2001 to 2006 and from 2011 to 2018, running for governor or senator in the state on a ticket with PT member Fernando Haddad, minister of Finance, and with emedebista Simone Tebet, minister of Planning.
The idea would be to have strong candidates for governor and senator campaigning for Lula in São Paulo, which has the largest electorate in Brazil. In addition to Alckmin, .
Despite this desire from PT members, the reissue of the Lula-Alckmin presidential ticket was taken almost for granted until the end of last year. The president and vice president, who became closer with a view to the 2022 elections, became very close. Furthermore, the PSB, Alckmin’s party, is pressing for him to remain in vice.
Recently, however, Lula began to show signs behind the scenes that he could review the format of this alliance. On Thursday (5), the PT member.
“We are capable of winning the elections in São Paulo. I haven’t spoken to Haddad yet, I haven’t spoken to Alckmin yet, but they know they have a role to play in São Paulo”, said the President of the Republic in an interview with UOL.
Lula’s plan, with a possible change in his ticket, would not just be to strengthen his campaign in São Paulo. He could also offer the vice to another party as a way of adding more support to his national coalition.
One hypothesis would be . The party has a powerful Lulu wing, but even so, an attempt to associate with the party would face many difficulties.
As the Panel column showed, Sheet, which has three pre-candidates for president. Of the party’s 27 state directorates, 17 would be far from Lula and 10 would be close to the PT government.
Alckmin’s allies argue that he helps Lula get closer to sectors that are resistant to the PT member, such as the business community and parts of agribusiness. Alckmin served as Vice-Presidency with the position of Minister of Industry and Commerce, which put him in daily contact with large exporters.
They also assess that removing Alckmin from the ticket could, at the limit, even remove the PSB from the President of the Republic’s alliance.
Lula and his current vice-president have so far not discussed the possibility of a change in the current political arrangement. If the President of the Republic decides to make the switch, it will be a delicate conversation. Lula publicly praises Alckmin frequently. Consider him a qualified and loyal ally.
Alckmin’s loyalty is one of the factors most cited by both PT and PSE members as a reason for him to run for election as Lula’s vice president. The PT has a trauma around this issue: (MDB), when he was deputy of (PT), articulated the removal of the then head of government and .
