The defined a division of tasks between the former president (PL) and the president of the party, , for this year’s election — the first will be responsible for choosing candidates for the , while the second will define the candidates for state governments and the tickets for federal deputy.
The strategy, however, has as an obstacle the prohibition of visits by Valdemar to Bolsonaro, who is in Brasília. Last month, the president of the PL had a visit request denied by the minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) because he was being investigated in the coup plot investigation.
Allies of Valdemar and the former president plead for the STF to overturn the contact restriction, in addition to . The argument is that the party’s electoral planning will be harmed if dialogue is carried out only through intermediaries.
“In an election year, the president of the biggest party not being able to speak to the biggest political leader of that party is something that unbalances the game. And the election has to be democratic”, says senator Wellington Fagundes (PL-MT), who will run for Government of Mato Grosso.
At the beginning of February, the senator met with the STF minister and the Attorney General of the Republic, Paulo Gonet, to reinforce the request that Bolsonaro be placed under house arrest and Valdemar be able to visit him.
Fagundes says he hopes a favorable decision will be given soon. “This has to happen now, the electoral process has already started. And with the PL leader arrested and practically incommunicado, of course it makes it difficult.”
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