The president of , federal deputy Baleia Rossi (SP), reacted to the onslaught of the Minister of Planning, (MDB), in support of (PT). Baleia told Sheet that the PT is not acting correctly and is setting a trap for Tebet.
“Thanks to the MDB and her brilliance, Simone became a national figure, but the PT set a trap that could burn a leader with a great political future,” he said.
“The PT is not acting correctly by using Simone for an adventure by a party that has no leadership in São Paulo. It is disrespectful towards the MDB”, he added.
This Friday (30), and that she will be a candidate in this year’s election in São Paulo or Mato Grosso do Sul, but without specifying the position. Tebet’s electoral future must be defined by Lula.
According to the minister, no agreement has been made yet and new conversations with the president are scheduled before Carnival. “We don’t discuss party changes, we don’t discuss positions, we don’t even discuss the Government of the State of São Paulo” he stated.
She said that she spoke with Lula about a candidacy for the Senate and indicated that she should not try for the São Paulo government.
but the main figures, such as (PT) and (), resist competing for Palácio dos Bandeirantes. Therefore, Tebet is considered as an alternative against the re-election of (Republicans).
The former governor and current minister of Entrepreneurship, Márcio França (PSB), is also an option.
Electoral surveys commissioned by Tebet’s allies indicate that she scores well in São Paulo and could represent a nuisance for Tarcísio, who is the favorite for re-election.
The PT’s objective is to build a strong platform in São Paulo and reach at least the second round, attracting a relevant level of votes for Lula, even if the result is defeat — who ran for government. The current Finance Minister is preferred by the PT leadership to run for the São Paulo government.
In relation to the Senate, in addition to Marina Silva, who is leaving the Network and is negotiating with the PT.
“Simone has a political history in the MDB since her father, Ramez Tebet, who was one of the great national political leaders of the MDB”, said Baleia Rossi.
To join Lula’s platform in São Paulo, however, Tebet has to change parties. An affiliation with the PT itself is considered unlikely, but. In São Paulo, the MDB opposes the president and should join Tarcísio’s coalition.
At the national level, the MDB is divided between supporters and detractors of Lula, and the party’s tendency is to maintain neutrality in the presidential election. Emedebists close to the PT member, however, are working for the party to occupy the position of vice candidate in Alckmin’s place.
Tebet, in turn, has already declared that, regardless of the MDB’s position, he will support Lula’s re-election.
In 2022, she ran for President for the MDB, as an alternative to Lula and (PL), but declared support and campaigned for the PT member in the second round, which helped to consolidate the left’s broad front speech against Bolsonarism.
