The president of the PT and mayor of Recife, told the president (PT) that the party wants to keep the PT member as vice-president in the October election. Lula is considering offering the position to in an attempt to expand the alliance through which he will run for re-election.
Campos spoke to journalists this Tuesday (10) at Palácio do Planalto, after meeting with Lula. “The president was reaffirmed of PSB’s desire to maintain the vice-presidency and that this is a priority for our party,” he declared.
“President Lula’s relationship with vice-president Alckmin is very good. He knows that this construction is important for our party, and I am sure that the two will build this in the best way”, declared Campos. The mayor of Recife also declared that “there is no place for an interlocutor” in the relationship between the president and the vice president.
Lula and Geraldo Alckmin were political opponents for years, already aiming for the following year’s presidential election. One of the catalysts for the union was the rejection of the then president (PL).
Alckmin was one of the main figures in the history of the country and moved well, especially among more right-wing voters. In 2022, . The movement was one of the most relevant in the current president’s candidacy, who sought to form a broad front against Bolsonaro.
Now, Lula wants to include at least one more party in his coalition, and has been flirting with the MDB. The political operation is difficult to execute, since the majority of the party is distant from the President of the Republic. The idea is, the senator (PL-RJ).
MDB Lulistas told the head of government that the only possibility of, perhaps, attracting the party to their coalition is by offering the vice chair.
The president discussed the matter in December with the Lulista senators (MDB-AL) and Eduardo Braga (MDB-AM). A new meeting was scheduled, but has not been done so until now.
On Thursday (5), . The phrase was understood as a sign that he wants the vice president to run for some position and reinforce his platform in the state with the largest electorate.
Emedebists aware of the articulation assess that the declaration was a kind of “ok” to move forward in an attempt to form a majority in the party in favor of the alliance. This group, however, still wants the president to make stronger gestures.
Two days later, during the PT’s 46th anniversary celebration on Saturday (7), in Salvador, the president patted Alckmin saying that he was lucky with his deputies: “Geraldo Alckmin was one of those things that God made happen in my life. He is an extraordinary man that I respect and admire.” The deputy was present at the event.
There are three emedebistas tipped to be Lula’s vice-president, if the arrangement works out: the Minister of Transport; the governor of Pará, Helder Barbalho; and the Minister of Planning, .
The main speculated destination for Tebet, however, is a candidacy for senator for São Paulo. There is a possibility that she will change parties, since the São Paulo MDB supports the Bolsonaro governor ().
