There is a rumor in the market about Prates leaving the state-owned company in June to contest the elections in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
The president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) last week, the situation of Jean Paul Prates at Petrobras. Even so, There is a rumor in the market about Prates leaving his position at the beginning of June. This is the deadline for candidates to leave positions in state-owned companies to contest the October elections.
From Rio Grande do Norte, he could run for the Natal City Hall. According to the Power360 However, it was found that the chances of the politician being nominated as a PT candidate in the region are low. The federation PT, PC do B and PV have already reached an agreement on their pre-candidate for the capital: the federal deputy Natalia Bonavides (PT-RN).
Bonavides was elected with the highest number of votes in the State in 2022: she received 157,565 votes, 8.42% of the total. Therefore, the idea of launching Prates into the race for mayor natalense It should be short-lived, even more so given Prates' electoral history.
PT members believe that he is a candidate with little electoral appeal. Member of the PT since 2013, he was 1st substitute Fátima Bezerra (PT) when she was elected senator for the State in 2014. She assumed the position of senator in 2019 after Fátima was elected to the State government.
During this period of time, Prates suffered 2 consecutive electoral defeats. In 2020, he ran for mayor of Natal and received 49,494 votes – 14.38% of the total. The winner, Álvaro Dias (PSDB) received 194,764 –6.58% of the vote, guaranteeing victory in the 1st round.
In the 2022 election, he did not run for re-election in the Senate due to low voting intentions. Instead, he stated that he would support the candidacy of the former mayor of Natal, Carlos Eduardo (PDT), in order to “strengthen the local alliance”. Eduardo was not elected.
It came from Lula the order to lower the boil against Prates at Petrobras. The task was commissioned to Rui Costa (Civil House) and the Alexandre Silveira (Mines and Energy). In a meeting on Monday (April 8), Fernando Haddad (Treasury) defended putting an end to the imbroglio.
After that, the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, lowered his tone against Prates. The Treasury expects the directors to approve the name of Haddad's deputy executive secretary, Rafael Dubeux, for the Board of Directors on April 25, when the company's general meeting will be held.
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