Alerj president disputes space with Molon, and bets on “given commitments” to be a candidate
The president of Alerj (Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro), André Ceciliano (EN), said in an interview with Power 360that there is an agreement and his candidacy for the Senate in October is “irreversible”.
Ceciliano stars in one of the main disputes in the national alliance between PT and PSB. the deputy Alessandro Molon (PSB-RJ) is also a pre-candidate for the same position. Only one of them will be on the plate in which Marcelo Freixo (PSB) will run for the state government.
Initially, the president of Alerj gave the following statement on the matter to the report: “In politics there is no such thing as irreversible, there are the commitments made”.
Then, in the same interview, he was more emphatic: “It’s very clear to us. This candidacy of mine is irreversible, of course. Now, in politics there is a great dynamic”.
According to him, the national leadership of the PT and the former president and pre-candidate for the Planalto were ok. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (EN) to contest the election.
“PSB is in an alliance with the PT in Rio de Janeiro, and it can’t be a bread and butter alliance. There is an agreement here and we want to see the agreement fulfilled”declared.
The possibility was raised that both Molon and Ceciliano could be candidates. In this case, the PT would support Freixo informally, without being in the same coalition. According to Ceciliano, this scenario is ruled out.
André Ceciliano is in his 4th term as state deputy (and is president of Alerj for the 2nd time). He is 54 years old. Gave interview by videoconference on May 31. Watch (41min02):
The national leaderships of PT and PSB want to resolve all disagreements in the States by the 15th of this month. In addition to RJ, there are knots to be untied in São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, Espírito Santo and Santa Catarina.
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Ceciliano stated that Marcelo Freixo “has a lot of history” and is a good candidate for the government of Rio de Janeiro.
Asked if Freixo adds voters to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who will run for president, the president of Alerj said: “This thing of whether or not it expands, we will know during the course of the campaign.”.
The PT is criticized in sectors of the left for his relationship with the governor of Rio de Janeiro, the Bolsonarista Cláudio Castro (PL).
“Cláudio Castro knows that my candidates are Lula and Freixo. And I know his candidate is the president Jair Bolsonaro. We have an institutional relationship here. Other than that, we also have a relationship, but we don’t mix”declared the president of Alerj.
Ceciliano said Bolsonaro needs Castro more than Bolsonaro needs Castro to win over the local electorate.
“President Bolsonaro, with his Paulo Guedes, has nothing in the state of Rio de Janeiro that he can say he did”he declared.
The president of Alerj said that the dispute over the state government will not necessarily reproduce the Lula-Bolsonaro polarization. He mentioned other names that, in his assessment, may perform well.
“If the former governor [Anthony] little boy can be a candidate, it will be competitive”, he said. Garotinho needs to solve problems in court to be able to run for office.
The PT also mentioned Felipe Santa Cruz, PSD pre-candidate with support from the mayor of the capital, Eduardo Paes (PSD).
“He will also be a competitive candidate because the capital is very important as an electoral base for the entire state”said Ceciliano.
Rodrigo Nevespre-candidate of the PDT, however, would have more difficulty. “Not much team”according to the president of Alerj.
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