Candidate for Mayor of São Paulo says that the party was all that was left; claims that he would remove the party’s president, suspected of being close to the PCC
The coach and candidate for Mayor of São Paulo, Pablo Marcal (PRTB), said on Monday (Aug 26, 2024) that it is “using” the party to be elected, but which may change its acronym if elected.
According to the businessman, his choice was the DC (Christian Democracy). However, on the eve of the party affiliation deadline, his candidacy was vetoed by the party and PRTB was what was left.
“I am a person who is using the party to be a candidate. I did not choose the party, it was the only one I had to join. They will vote for me, then I can leave the party.”he declared in an interview with the channel GloboNews.
Marçal was questioned about his relationship with the party president, Leonardo Avalanche (PRTB-SP), suspected of being close to the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital), an organized crime group, as revealed by the newspaper S.Paulo Newspaper. The coach stated that he asked the president to step down, but that he remains in the party for the candidacy.
Denied being “friend” from Avalanche and said it is not “owner” of the party to remove everyone involved with the group, but that he would do so if he could. He declared that he will formally request the removal of the president.
The report of S.Paulo Newspaper shows an audio recording allegedly recorded by Leonardo Avalanche in which he admits to having ties to people involved in organized crime in the capital of São Paulo. The recording is from a conversation in February with Thiago Brunelo, the son of one of the party’s founders.
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