PT praised his running mate during an act with supporters in Pernambuco this Thursday (21.Jul)
the former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (EN) said that the ticket with the former governor Geraldo Alckmin (PSB) was a “Quality Leap” in your campaign. At an event with supporters in Pernambuco this Thursday (21.Jul.2022), the PT highlighted Alckmin’s role in the ticket and said that the former toucan is “a quality companion”.
“I decided to go back and I decided to look for Alckmin, because I needed to have a quality companion. And a person who ruled São Paulo for 16 years has enough quality to help me fix this country. I didn’t ask Alckmin to marry him, he’s already married and so am I. I went to establish a political alliance with a political segment that was not mine, so that we can make a sum of people who are different”said the PT.
Alckmin faced resistance at the beginning of the year when his rapprochement with Lula was consolidated. According to Lula, after the former governor suggested the catchphrase “squid with chayote”during the launch of the ticket in May, became more well-regarded in the party. “I think it was a quality leap. I think history will judge and it will judge better later.”he added.
The PT also recalled the elections that the PT contested against PSDB, Alckmin’s former party. He said that political differences never impeded a good relationship with the candidates and that he always sought a “democratic coexistence” with your rivals. According to the former president, the previous scenario differs from the upcoming elections in October, when he will have President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) as his main rival.
“We are not facing a common election, we are facing a fascist surrounded by militia on all sides and that we need to defeat to recover democracy”said.
While Lula was speaking in Pernambuco, the PT made official his candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic. It will be the 7th time that he will run for office and, if elected, he will be the only one in the history of Brazil with 3 victories by direct vote. Alckmin also had his name approved by the PT at the party’s national convention. He will officially compose the presidential ticket.
Alckmin’s role on the ticket was initially designed to push Lula’s candidacy to the center and, thus, allay the fear of sectors of society about an eventual radicalization of the former president to the left.
It was also expected that the former governor would build bridges with entrepreneurs, especially in agribusiness and the financial market. He, however, has not had the role expected so far, but outlines plans to intensify contact with the sectors.
According to campaign members, Alckmin’s dialogue strategy with agribusiness, for example, began to be outlined earlier this month.
He should meet this Friday (22.Jul.2022) with deputy Neri Geller (PP-MT), vice president of the Agricultural Parliamentary Front, and with Senator Carlos Fávaro (PSD-MT), which began to bridge the sector with the PT campaign.
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