Announcement will be on Friday (7.Oct); Solidarity candidate will contest 2nd round with Raquel Lyra (PSDB), on October 30
The state directory of PT (Workers’ Party) in Pernambuco decided on Thursday (6.Oct.2022) to support the candidacy of Marília Arraes (SD) to the government in the 2nd round. A commission formed by members of the acronym met with the federal deputy in Recife.
The alliance with Marília takes place 6 months after she left the PT, to which she was affiliated from 2016 to 2022. In March, she joined Solidarity to run for state government.
The official support is scheduled for Friday (7.Oct), at 10 am, at the headquarters of PT in Pernambuco, in the center of Recife. Marília will also be present in the ad.
According to deputy Carlos Veras (PT-PE), the decision follows an orientation of the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. “It is the best path that we are following here in Pernambuco. It is a candidacy that has this identification with the popular and democratic field”it says.
“The party goes in one piece, unified with the candidate Marília in this 2nd round”adds.
Veras also states that Lula will return to the state to participate in Marília Arraes’ campaign, but there is no set date.
According to the congressman, the PT did not consider remaining neutral or supporting Rachel Lyra (PSDB), Marília’s opponent in the 2nd round. “Neither way. We are not one to sit on the fence. Unfortunately, Raquel migrated to the Bolsonarista camp”declared.
Raquel, however, has not yet positioned herself on the presidential race.
Since the beginning of the Pernambuco government campaign, Marília has used the image of Lula. In the 1st round, Lula officially supported Danilo Cabral, from PSB, in the dispute for Palácio do Campo das Princesas.
Cabral, however, ended the election in 4th place, with 885,994 votes – 18.06% of the valid votes. The PT candidate for the Senate, Teresa Leitaowas elected in alliance with the Pessebists.
On Wednesday (Oct 5), Marília Arraes received the support of PDT, Republicans and PC do B.
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