Rodrigo Pacheco must give a definitive “no” to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on the dispute for the government of Minas Gerais. According to CNN political analyst Isabel Mega, this message, however, will only be considered final when it is given directly to the president.
According to Isabel, it is not enough for Pacheco to communicate his refusal to . “There’s no point in telling Edinho, president of the PT, ‘I won’t be a candidate’. It has to be with Lula,” explained Isabel Mega.
The assessment is that Lula’s so-called “siren song” still exists, and that one would be difficult to refuse.
PT de Minas starts its own action plan
Faced with skepticism about a change of scenery and increasingly tight political time, the leaders of the PT in Minas Gerais have already started a .
The party wants to carry out an internal survey to assess the viability of at least three names that are circulating in conversation circles: deputy Reginaldo Lopes, the minister of Human Rights and Citizenship Macaê Evaristo and the former mayor of Contagem Marília Campos.
The latter, however, is seen as a name well on her way to the Senate and, according to the investigation, the PT does not want to “burn the cartridge” with her for the state government.
Another name that appears in the articulations is that of Alexandre Kalil, former mayor of Belo Horizonte.
However, Kalil’s interlocutors interviewed by Mega state that, for this to happen, a personal gesture from Lula would be necessary. “He is hurt by President Lula to this day,” said Isabel Mega.
PSB and technical names enter the radar
The PSB of Minas Gerais, the party to which Pacheco recently joined, is also organizing to participate in the composition of the ticket. The party, which is expanding, offers names with a more technical profile.
National PT leaders cite Josué Alencar, son of former vice-president José Alencar, and Jarba Soares, former attorney close to Rodrigo Pacheco, as possible names in this line of composition.
The possibility of a vacancy on the Federal Court of Auditors, which could be allocated to Pacheco upon nomination by the Senate, also circulates in the political imagination of Brasília. According to the investigation, the senator was “excited” about this idea.
