Tipped to run for state government, the president of the Federation of Industries of the State of Minas Gerais (Fiemg), Flávio Roscoe, will join the PL this Tuesday. Roscoe’s move comes amid uncertainty about the path the party will take in the state and the division on the right between the candidacies of current governor Mateus Simões, successor to Romeu Zema (Novo), and senator Cleitinho Azevedo (Republicans).
The membership event will take place from 4pm at the party’s headquarters in Brasília and should be attended by the party’s national president, Valdemar Costa Neto, and federal deputies Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG) and Domingos Sávio (PL-MG). There is no expectation, however, that the party will announce today which position Roscoe will run for, a subject that is still causing internal discussions.
Publicly, he has reaffirmed his interest in running for the government of Minas after his name appeared in the notes of senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL), a candidate for Planalto. The businessman began to have his name mentioned within the party after Nikolas Ferreira, tipped by Flávio to run for the Executive, signaled that he would seek re-election in the Chamber.
A businessman in the textile sector for more than three decades, Roscoe is in his second term as head of the state’s main industrial representation entity, a position he has held since 2018. Without an electoral history, he gained prominence by acting as an interlocutor for the productive sector with former governor Romeu Zema (Novo), defending fiscal adjustment agendas and improving the business environment.
In addition to the presidency of Fiemg, Roscoe will also leave the vice-presidency of the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), an entity in which he also presides over the Infrastructure Council. Before that, he led the Textile Industries Union of Malhas de Minas Gerais (Sindimalhas) for 16 years and maintains participation in councils linked to credit, research and business training.
With a strong presence on social media, Roscoe became known after a statement given during an interview with the newspaper “Folha de S. Paulo”, last year, in which he stated that “idiots are those who work with a formal contract”, blaming programs such as Bolsa Família for the supposed lack of labor in industries.
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