By Maria Carolina Marcello
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday that he is already in talks with a potential vice-presidential candidate to accompany him on his ticket in the 2022 reelection race, and added that he should announce the name in March.
Bolsonaro commented that he considers, for his choice, a person who adds votes and “respectability” to the ticket, and has not ruled out the possibility of the vice being a general again.
“I’m already talking to a possible deputy… it can’t be a last minute wedding,” said the president in an interview with Gazeta do Povo.
“The deputy we’re working on there might be a four-star general, too. And it’s going to happen in March, maybe a little later, we’ll announce his name,” added Bolsonaro, who currently has retired general Hamilton Mourão as his vice-president.
The president also considered that it would be interesting to take into account the origin of the vice, preferably from the Northeast or Minas Gerais — important electoral strongholds in the country. He pondered, however, that it is no use just thinking about the voting strategy and having problems governing, if elected.
“Having a vice stop you, that’s horrible,” he said.
Bolsonaro added that he is already evaluating names to replace about a dozen ministers who should leave their posts in 2022 to run in the elections, and stated that he would also take into account the suggestions of the ministers themselves for replacements.
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