Listed in the race for the Presidency, the governors of Paraná, ., Rio Grande do Sul, , and Goiás, , minimized this Monday (9) the performance of the party’s names and preferred to highlight the rejection of the president () and the senator ().
Ratinho Jr. stated that Brazilian society is not yet focused on the elections and cited the greater exposure of the two names ahead of the presidential race. The governor said he saw “these momentary surveys without any concern”.
Like him, Leite cited the high rates of Brazilians who . The governor of Rio Grande do Sul stated that electoral polls at the current time should be seen as an instrument to assess voter mood, not voting intentions.
Datafolha showed Lula with 46% rejection, and Flávio with 45%, technically tied. In this regard, PSD names appear with 19% (Ratinho Jr.), 15% (Eduardo Leite) and 14% (Ronaldo Caiado).
The governor of Goiás stated that the election is far from being decided and that the current electoral polls record a Brazil still focused on . According to him, the proximity of the elections will make voters leave the topic and seek to know the candidates from their perspectives on other issues, such as public security.
The survey showed Ratinho Jr. with 7% in a first round scenario with Lula (38%) and Flávio (32%). Against the same pair of competitors, Caiado appears with 4%, and Eduardo Leite, with 3%.
In the scenario against Lula in the second round, the governor of Paraná is the best among the three, with 41% compared to 45% for the PT member.
PSDB’s listed participants participated in an event at the São Paulo Commercial Association, in the city center. They are competing for the presidency under the acronym of , with the promise that those who were passed over will support the chosen name.
Kassab cited elections in which candidates started badly and ended up elected. He stated that the definition of which of the three pre-candidates should be chosen should be announced in March, at the request of the governors. Previously, it was scheduled until April 15th.
Leite stated that voters still do not have the “whole menu” of pre-candidates and that the two competitors ahead are better known than the others.
For him, it is possible to talk to a non-Lulista left and a non-Bolsonaro right in search of a third way. The governor of Rio Grande do Sul said he believed in the possibility of reconciling a “legitimate social concern” on the left and a “firm public security policy” on the right.
The gaucho said that Brazil has been delving into discussions with no prospects for the future, always thinking about the next day. “Until recently we were discussing whether the flip-flop goes in with the right or the left,” he said, alluding to the discussion about a commercial for the Havaianas brand.
Leite also stated that it is necessary to discuss parliamentary amendments and called the current situation involving the investigation of Banco Master and STF ministers “very serious”. He spoke of the need for a “rigorous investigation process” against authorities possibly involved.
Citing discredit and weakening of the court, Caiado said that the Supreme Court itself must initially assess the scenario, with the possible involvement of STF ministers, but that Congress also has the prerogative to enter the debate through a CPI, if necessary.
Kassab stated, before his pre-candidates took a stand, that the PSD “did not close the issue on the topic”.
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The position of the three PSD pre-candidates is well below that obtained by Flávio, cited by 12% of people in the spontaneous survey, behind Lula, with 25%. In the previous Datafolha, last December, the senator was not mentioned, and his father, the former president (PL), had 7% of the citations.
Flávio appears in a technical tie with Lula, with 43% of voting intentions compared to 46%.
Of the PSD presidential candidates, Leite is the one who most tries to distance himself from Jair Bolsonaro, although the party’s three pre-candidates present themselves as a way out against the polarization between the former and current president.
On Friday (6), the governor of Rio Grande do Sul posted a text on social media reaffirming his pre-candidacy. In it, he said that Brazil “remains divided, fragmented, excessively focused on ideological and parochial disputes that do not produce a solution.”
