The president said that it is necessary to present a ‘new program’ to the country, if it wants to be a candidate
President Lula said this Wednesday (8) that “has not decided” whether he will run for president in the 2026 elections. According to him, based on a party convention, which should take place between July and August, he will decide whether or not to run for the present a new program for the country. “I’m going to have to present something new for this country, something bigger,” he said in an interview with the ICL Notícias website.
Despite the statement that he has not yet decided whether he will be a candidate or not, when asked whether it is necessary to wait until July to declare himself as a pre-candidate for President, Lula admitted that he will probably run in the elections. “Everyone knows that it is unlikely that I will stop being a candidate”, he commented.
On March 31st, on his ticket in this year’s elections. The announcement was made during a ministerial meetingat Palácio do Planalto. “Comrade Alckmin will have to leave the MDIC. He will have to leave because he will be a candidate for vice president of the Republic again”, said Lula.
During the interview, Lula also commented on the economic situation in Brazil, Lula said that former Finance Minister Fernando Haddad managed to “put his house in order” but there is still a lot to be done. “Everything is still bad. The country’s economic situation could be better, the wage bill could be higher, income could be higher”, he declared.
He completed by explaining that the likely candidacy is not a question of “wanting to be a candidate”, but of need to strengthen an anti-fascist union. “I will plead with the PT for need to rebuild a strong political alliance so that we do not allow fascists to rule this country again. This is the role I have to play now”, said the president.
