No. mayors and deputies consider not working for the (Republicans) campaign, even with , president of the party, declaring support for the governor’s re-election.
Party members, heard by the Sheet subject to reservation, they state that, if there is any involvement in the state election, it will only be for a possible second round between Tarcísio and (), which .
The assessments collected by the report are that there was a breach of agreement between the leader and the governor. The PSD hoped to take the position of vice-president on Tarcísio’s ticket, with Kassab himself being one of those considered for the position.
Kassab indicated to the allies that they are free on how to act in the first round, according to reports collected by the report. The PSD has around 200 of the state’s 645 city halls. An ally of Kassab assesses that the perception reaches most of the party, which, according to him, could compromise Tarcísio’s electoral platforms.
The report contacted Tarcísio via email sent to Palácio dos Bandeirantes, but received no response.
Kassab denied having instructed allies to remain silent in Tarcísio’s campaign. THE Sheet he said these reviews were “manifestations of malicious origin or coming from uninformed people.”
“The PSD was the first party to declare support for governor Tarcísio de Freitas. We are traveling around the state, visiting and receiving leaders, carrying out the pre-campaign for president and Tarcísio for governor”, said Kassab, through a note sent by his advisor.
Although Kassab maintains his support for Tarcísio, the report from party members is that the relationship between the two is not good at the moment and that the nomination for the position of vice on the governor’s ticket marked a more acute point of friction.
Tarcísio was elected in 2022 with Felício Ramuth as vice-president. Former mayor of São José dos Campos, he was a toucan who had recently joined the PSD. Kassab and other leaders expected that Tarcísio would run for President, leaving the party to be the eventual head of the ticket for the São Paulo government in 2026.
Last year, as it became clear that Tarcísio would remain in office, Felício’s position was the target of internal disputes, with signals from the governor that he wanted to keep his current vice president.
In February, however, it was revealed that Felício was a tax haven, and that US$1.6 million (around R$8.3 million, at current prices) had been blocked by the European country’s courts.
According to members of Palácio dos Bandeirantes, Felício thought that publicizing the incident was a move by Kassab to weaken him and was very upset with the leader. Tarcísio, in turn, according to these assistants, reinforced his support for the current vice president.
On Monday (11), in an interview with the Frente a Frente program, a partnership between Sheet and UOL, Kassab said that he was the one who asked Felício to leave the acronym. “What happened is very clear. Felício was on a solo flight, without speaking to the party, saying that he was going to be a candidate for governor or vice.”
Felício confirmed that the request came from Kassab. “Two bodies do not occupy the same place in space”, stated the vice-governor, relating the departure to the leader’s attempt to be appointed vice-governor in his place.
He migrated to the MDB, the party that was following the race for vice president.
Tarcísio’s allies have already detected the apathy of mayors from the interior in committing to the re-election campaign and have plans to work on their own to seek engagement.
One of the fronts is via PL, the party of the president of Alesp (São Paulo Legislative Assembly), André do Prado, announced as a pre-candidate for the Senate last week. The acronym is the one with the most state deputies in São Paulo, with 21 of the 94 members of the House. “We are going to look for all the mayors, bring them to the campaign and bring victory to the governor,” said the deputy.
