Privately, chiefs of the PL of Rio de Janeiro are already working with the understanding that Castro’s deterioration no longer fits into the project
The 8th phase of the Federal Police operation that silently reopened a discussion that the party had been pushing under the carpet: the permanence of his name as a candidate for the Senate.
The column found that the PL’s Rio de Janeiro directory does not, at this moment, have a closed position on continuing to support the candidacy. The national leadership, according to interlocutors interviewed with reserve, did not even meet to address the impact of the new phase of the operation, which is once again impacting the Bolsonarist environment after the Master case.
Privately, Chiefs of the PL of Rio de Janeiro are already working with the understanding that Castro’s deterioration no longer fits into the project. The assessment circulating among allies is that the former governor’s name has reached its limit, that the wear and tear has become too great to sustain and that his stay on the platform contaminates, rather than adds to, the campaign of pre-candidate for the government Douglas Ruas and the pre-presidential candidacy of Flávio Bolsonaro. There are those who speak, in private conversations, of a real risk for both campaigns if the coalition continues linked to the former governor.
Wanted by Young Pano PL leader in the Chamber, Sóstenes Cavalcante, set the official tone for the party. He said, in a few words, that he considers it amateurish to discuss Castro’s future at this moment.
Behind the scenes, however, the clock ticks faster than public discourse.
*This text does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Jovem Pan.
