Candidate participated in the event by videoconference; was in Brasilia in the possession of Moraes in the TSE
The entrepreneur Pablo Marçal, affiliated with the Pros, launched on Tuesday (16.Aug.2022) his candidacy for the presidency of the Republic. The event took place at the headquarters of one of his companies, Plataforma Internacional, in Barueri, in the Alphaville neighborhood, in Greater São Paulo.
Marçal’s candidacy, however, is questioned in the TSE (Superior Electoral Court). Two wings of the Pros are vying for the party’s leadership: one, of which Marçal is a member, is in favor of his own candidacy; the other, defends the coalition with the PT and support for the candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
At the end of July, when the party was led by members in favor of their own candidacy, a party convention officially named Marçal as a candidate. On the 10th, however, a court decision placed the wing in favor of the coalition with the PT in charge of the party.
On Monday (Aug 15), the Pros approved the party’s entry into the coalition that supports Lula and removed Marçal’s name from the presidential race. The TSE has not yet decided on the exclusion of the entrepreneur’s candidacy. Until the publication of this text, the name of Marçal as a candidate was included in the court’s candidacies system, as well as the Pros’ participation in the coalition with the PT.
“I’m really sorry about that, I won’t back down. They have already sought me out to resign to avoid legal problems. I will reiterate something of my own: I am a lawyer by training, I have never taken anyone to court. This will be the 1st time I’m going to do it, because I got into it to help our people. I know that the current political system does not accept outsiders, they do everything [para isso não ocorrer]. I understand this as an undemocratic coup”, said Marçal in an interview with journalists shortly before the launch of his candidacy.
At night, during the event, Marçal said he was prepared to assume the presidency of the Republic and highlighted the defense of the family. “I am ready to spend the 4 years of my life dedicating myself, governing this nation to restore families, to open companies, generate jobs, to ward off this monster of inflation that plagues the world so much and has devastated our country.”, he stated.
The candidate participated by videoconference of the event. He was in Brasília at the inauguration of the new president of the TSE, Alexandre de Moraes.
With information from Brazil Agency.
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