The problem is that if you add the three together, it doesn’t even give Flávio Bolsonaro 10% of the votes
There is no doubt that Gilberto Kassab, president of the PSD, is a genius as a political strategist. He doesn’t usually give a point and usually allies himself with those who have a chance of winning.
It is also nothing new that Kassab would like the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, to be the candidate – an increasingly remote hypothesis given the launch of Flávio Bolsonaro’s candidacy by his father.
With Flávio Bolsonaro in the running, Kassab brought the governor of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado, to his party. With Caiado’s departure from União Brasil, Kassab says he now has three presidential candidates in the center-right spectrum.
The problem is that if you add the three together, it doesn’t even give Flávio Bolsonaro 10% of the votes. Well, we just need to agree with the voter.
Obviously, the PSD president knows that they are not competitive, and would not burn millions of electoral funds that could be used to elect deputies and senators.
Thus, Kassab’s strategy can serve two purposes. The first will force the withdrawal of Flávio Bolsonaro’s candidacy, which is very unlikely. The second is to make the price to support Flávio Bolsonaro’s candidacy more expensive.
It remains to be seen whether he will launch the PSD candidate, without spending resources from the electoral fund, or whether at the right time he will not come up with any candidate and support Flávio Bolsonaro. But one thing is certain: Kassab doesn’t play to lose.
*This text does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Jovem Pan.
