The governor of São Paulo, (Republicans), said this Thursday (30) that the decision to the (Supreme Federal Court) “exposes the fragility of the government” (PT) and that “the PT cycle is coming to an end”.
At a press conference in Santos, on the coast of São Paulo, he reflected on the opposition’s victory in the Senate, saying that the defeat was “very bad for the PT”.
“The defeat of the government is revealing. We are not talking about the disapproval of a name, we are talking about the disapproval of a government. This defeat exposes the fragility of the government, which was not in a position to articulate, was not in a position to approve a name for the Federal Supreme Court”, said Tarcísio, highlighting that “the last disapproval was in the Floriano Peixoto government”.
“It is a sign of fragility, that Congress saw that this government has nothing left to offer, is unable to carry out a structuring project for Brazil, it is a sign of the end of times, of the end of a cycle. The PT cycle is coming to an end”, he added.
Tarcísio defended the Senate’s actions in rejecting the nomination made by President Lula. “Congress acts within its competence, what is expected from a system of checks and balances. Congress does not simply approve a name that came from the Presidency of the Republic. Congress has the power to approve or reject and Congress used this power”, he stated.
According to him, from the moment the president is unable to appoint a Supreme Court minister, it becomes clear that there is no more strength, “and Congress, which is a great political thermometer, felt where the wind is blowing.”
“So, he gave the message: ‘Look, we don’t want this anymore, we need a structuring project, it’s not you who will be better able to offer the reforms, the solutions that Brazil deserves and needs.'”
Tarcísio went to Santos to deliver 60 homes from a State housing program carried out in partnership with the city hall and the federal government. When discussing another partnership with the Lula government in the region, the Santos-Guarujá tunnel, he highlighted that his management is allocating more resources to the project than the federal government.
“Just making one thing clear: there is a lot of talk that the tunnel is 50%, 50%. We have to deny it, it’s not that. When you take the composition of the tunnel, you have contribution and there is consideration. The federal government decided to participate in the contribution”, said Tarcísio.
He stated that “100% of the consideration is up to the state government” and that “help from the federal government will always be welcome.”
At the end of his speech, however, Tarcísio said that he spoke with Lula and that they both agreed to do the work with citizens in mind. “We told the president, and he agreed, that we need to look at the citizen,” said Tarcísio. “It’s not about competing for paternity of a work, it’s about making it happen.”
