Luiz Inácio da Silva’s electoral “dedazo” () worked 16 years ago when he became president, but the anointing method did not always work.
In the late 1990s, the imposition of an alliance with Anthony Garotinho (then in the PDT) marked the beginning of the PT’s downfall in Rio de Janeiro, from which the party did not recover. Garotinho was elected and broke; In 1998, PED member Leonel Brizola was vice-president and the ticket lost in the first round.
The dynamics of unilateral decisions by leaders are now repeated at both ends of the ideological spectrum. The president asserted his will and is heading towards , with the reluctant consent of the senator (PSB). The predecessor, (), anointed his eldest son as a candidate without consulting his co-religionists.
Both have strength in their respective parties to decide on their behalf. Before considering the scenario as consolidated, it remains to be seen whether they will have had enough foresight to make their offers compatible with the demands of the electorate. (PT) carries the capital of the legend, for better or for worse. Pacheco, on the other hand, is an improvised solution to the lack of strong PT members in Minas.
(PL) has been doing well in , but as what matters is being successful at the finish line, for now he is still in the anteroom of unknowns. It is not known whether he will have the material to convince as president nor whether he will attract the center dressed in sheep’s clothing or whether he will sustain the clash of ideas in the debates.
The arrival of Ronaldo Caiado () on the scene to fight for a place in the second round and the race outside of Renan Santos (Missão), who combines conservatism with the representation of the anti-system candidate, give the electoral race a touch of a riddle to be unraveled: did the big bosses make the right choices or did they lack better listening to what the voice of the streets wants to say when it comes to the polls?
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