The Minister of Entrepreneurship, , this Thursday (2), and the president’s assistants say that he should try to compete for , for .
People close to the minister claim that his candidacy is not yet closed and that his objective is to reinforce ()’s campaign for the São Paulo government.
The PSB has also joined , who is leaving the government to contest the elections and announced that she will be a candidate for the Senate in São Paulo.
France’s decision was taken after a meeting on Thursday afternoon. According to reports, the president endorsed his ally’s decision and recognizes that France is an important leader in the state.
The minister was tipped to take over the Industry and Commerce (MDIC) portfolio in place of , who is also leaving his post at the head of the ministry. He is from PSB and
Last week, Lula had indicated to allies that he could offer the post at the MDIC to France, to avoid a scenario in which he ran for Government of São Paulo against Haddad’s ticket, but he wanted to talk to the minister first. In addition to the Senate, França also had the desire to run for Palácio dos Bandeirantes, under the argument that his candidacy could take the dispute to the second round.
Now, the Lula government must calculate what the ticket for its political field will be like in São Paulo, since, with the entry of France, in addition to him and Tebet, the minister (Rede) also intends to run for the Senate in the state with the support of the government.
Lula’s allies claim that France realized, through voting intention surveys, that he would have a chance in a race for the Senate.
Although members of the PSB say they prefer to see França as a candidate for federal deputy, to strengthen the party’s ticket and increase its bench in the Chamber, PT members claim that the politician has priority in his party and will be able to choose in which position he should run —França was already governor of São Paulo, between April 2018 and December 2018, after Alckmin left the government to run for President.
