by Lisadra Paraguassu
BRASILIA (Reuters) – After news that he would be negotiating with former São Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin to run for vice president, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva denied on Monday that he has already made a decision on his ticket, but said he had “a deep respect” for the former governor and did not rule out the agreement.
“I have an extraordinary respectful relationship with Alckmin, I was president when he was governor, we talked a lot. There is nothing that has happened between me and Alckmin that cannot be reconciled,” Lula said in an interview during his visit to the European Parliament in Brussels.
The former president is on a 10-day trip to several European countries, where he has met leaders such as the next German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and former Spanish president José Luis Zapatero.
Lula said that there is still no decision or negotiation because not even he would have decided whether or not he will be a candidate – a statement that is not taken seriously even within the PT – but that “22 vices and 8 ministers of finance” have already been speculated in his plate that he would never have discussed.
“I’m not discussing deputy yet because I haven’t discussed my candidacy. When I decide, I’m going to go out into the field to find someone to be a vice-president”, said the former president.
Asked about the possibility, last Friday Alckmin said that there is no decision on what he will do in 2022, but that he felt honored with the memory, and praised Lula.
“Politics must be done with civility, with someone who appreciates democracy. Regarding candidacies, the decision is not now, it is not now”, said Alckmin. Asked if the former president would have an appreciation for democracy, he replied: “But of course he does, and not just him.”
Despite the former president’s denial, sources linked to the party told Reuters that there are conversations between people close to Lula and Alckmin’s allies to form a ticket for 2022, but still far from a consensus or an invitation.
Not even a personal meeting between the two took place. Within the PT, however, there are those who defend the possibility based on the idea of showing that a future Lula government would, in fact, be a government of national alliance.
Until now, Tucano, the former governor has always been an opponent of the PT, but he has a good relationship with the former mayor of São Paulo, Fernando Haddad, one of the intermediaries in the conversations, and with Lula himself.
The negotiation, however, would have to include the former governor’s decision to join the PSB –the decision to leave the PSDB has already been taken– instead of Gilberto Kassab’s PSD, with whom Alckmin had been negotiating. The invitation has already been made, but the former governor still weighs his possibilities.
Fighting with the current governor of São Paulo, whose entry into politics he sponsored, Alckmin will leave the PSDB after the preliminary to candidacy for president that the toucans are doing next Sunday. Initially, the idea was to be a candidate for governor by the PSD, an election taken for granted.
But, as Kassab is firm in the idea of launching the president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (MG), for the presidency, an alliance with the PT would have to come through the PSB.
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