One of the main members of the party’s leadership says that the party hopes to be accredited as a protagonist of the left in the “post-Lula” era.
“The PSB wants to be the platform for the reconstruction of the progressive field in 2030, this is our obsession”, says he, who is the right-hand man of the party’s president, João Campos, and holds a position in the National Executive.
Along with Campos, Pereira was coordinator of the party’s strategy in the recent party window, in which the PSB gained important members, such as senators and Soraya Thronicke (MS).
In the Chamber, the party increased from 16 to 20 deputies and in the Senate the bench grew from 5 to 7 senators.
“The progressive field did very badly in the window, but the PSB grew in quantity and quality of members. In the election, we will reach a bench of 25 to 30 deputies. This qualifies us to lead an electoral project in 2030”, says Pereira, who arrived at the ministry with Campos’ approval.
This does not necessarily mean, says the minister, that the party will present its own candidate in four years, something that has not happened since 2014. In the three subsequent elections, including the current one, the socialists have always joined forces with the PT.
“The PSB will structure itself for the next electoral cycle, which will be marked by the post-Lula period, whatever the result of the election. What matters is that we are accredited to play a leading role in this game. A party that has Rodrigo Pacheco, Geraldo Alckmin and Simone Tebet is prepared for this”, says the minister.
The party is counting on Campos’ election as governor of Pernambuco and assesses that, if that happens, he will inevitably be seen as a potential candidate for president in 2030. “It doesn’t mean that we will have a candidate, but that we will be in a position to do so,” says Pereira.
He criticizes the government’s political articulation and says that this is reflected in the fact that it was unable to attract support in the party window.
“It would be natural that, at the end of a government cycle, after sitting in the chair for a while, you would be able to attract a larger portion of parliamentarians, but that didn’t happen,” he states.
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