His departure from the presidential scene messed up the game and strained the atmosphere. Taken for granted at first, his candidacy moved into the realm of uncertainty.
The announcement, previously scheduled for the end of the week, was postponed to Monday or Tuesday, and could be extended to April 3, depending on negotiations. It’s just that he decided to claim the position. Worse: he might not support his colleague. He asked for a postponement because if Caiado were announced immediately, it would give the impression that his role, Leite, had always been decorative.
It was then agreed that the governor of the time would be given a chance to position himself publicly to show that he would be capable of being the candidate for president and, thus, try to internally change the course of the current waters in favor of the governor of Goiás.
Caiado is still the favorite of the advisors in charge of making the choice, but the group began to receive pressure from outside, from sectors more identified with the center where businesspeople, intellectuals, former ministers, politicians and important personalities in national life pass through.
These people consider that Eduardo Leite would be better suited than Caiado to carry the banner of reconstructing the middle path between the currents represented by and . Not necessarily to win now, but to accumulate strength with a view to competing in 2030.
From this perspective, the gaucho would have an advantage in two aspects: generation (he just turned 41) and a worldview closer to the so-called center-democratic with a mix of left-wing hints and Tucano plumage. The Goiano man is 77 years old and has a political career on the right.
The arguments, if they do not completely sensitize those around Kassab, are enough to act as a warning in the conduct of the process, so that a reasonable understanding can be reached from the dissent with as little broken glass as possible along the way.
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