The presidential candidate (Novo), former governor of Minas Gerais, stated this Thursday (16) that he will maintain his pre-candidacy even if invited to be vice-president of () and that his first measure, if elected, will be a reform of the (Supreme Federal Court).
“I’m going to take my pre-candidacy and candidacy until the end,” he said when announcing the guidelines of his government plan in a restaurant in the Pinheiros neighborhood, in the west zone of São Paulo.
Zema stated that he had received positive feedback from former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) regarding his electoral aspirations and said that he differentiated himself from other pre-candidates in the right-wing camp – Flávio and () – for having “corrected the barbarities of the PT”, in reference to his predecessor in the Minas Gerais government, Fernando Pimentel.
The former governor also criticized his opponents, saying he had “zero relatives” in politics and saying he was against nepotism. Flávio was anointed candidate by his father, and Caiado left the government of Goiás with, as shown in Sheet this week.
Zema has had difficulty advancing in voting intention polls. In the survey, he appeared with 4% of voting intentions, technically tied with Caiado (5%), Renan Santos (Missão, 2%), Aldo Rebelo (DC, 1%) and Cabo Daciolo (Mobiliza, 1%). and Flávio lead, with 39% and 35%, respectively.
Reforms and amnesty
“My first measure will be to propose to Congress a new Supreme Court. A Supreme Court in which its members are accountable for their actions, and in which relatives of ministers cannot have legal transactions. A Supreme Court with a minimum age of 60 and a duration of 15 years [de mandato]”, announced Zema at the event.
The proposal was presented amid the Banco Master scandal, which exposed links between court ministers and Daniel Vorcaro’s financial institution.
The former governor and the team that helped him in preparing the government plan also proposed the end of monocratic decisions, limiting the special forum to the Presidency of the Republic, prohibiting appointments to the Court of Auditors of those with family or party ties and the end of salary restrictions.
Zema also said that another of his priorities will be to approve amnesty for Bolsonaro, convicted of an attempted coup d’état, and the January 8 protesters.
At the event, a video was shown in which the former governor appears walking on a treadmill while criticizing the Lula (PT) government and other PT administrations, with mentions of Lava Jato and no mention of the period in which Bolsonaro presided over the country.
He proposed, in the area of public security, the treatment of criminal factions as terrorist organizations, an old flag of his; the end of prison outings; and the reduction of the age of criminal responsibility.
In the economic sector, he said that it is possible to privatize Petrobras and presented the idea of making the CLT more flexible, with salaries paid according to performance. He said it was not a labor reform, but rather a complement.
The event was attended by Novo deputies Adriana Ventura (SP) and Marcel Van Hattem (RS) and staff who worked with Paulo Guedes at the Ministry of Economy during the Bolsonaro government, such as the former secretary of Productivity Carlos da Costa, one of the coordinators of the government plan, and the former secretary of Privatization Salim Mattar, owner of Localiza.
The plan was also coordinated by former federal deputy Tiago Mitraud (MG), by Christian Lohbauer, one of the founders of Novo and former candidate for vice president in 2018, and Felipe D’avila, the party’s presidential candidate in 2022.
Zema took some trusted names who worked with him in the Minas Gerais government to assist in the pre-campaign: Elizabeth Jucá, who was secretary of Social Development, Pedro Bruno, current secretary of Infrastructure, Rogerio Greco, secretary of Public Security, and Rossieli Soares, secretary of Education.
