Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), who contracted covid last week, tested negative for the disease on Tuesday, age 14. Therefore, he must attend a ticket launch event with Alexander Kalil (PSD) before being a candidate for the government of Minas Gerais, this Wednesday, 15, in Uberlandia.
In an interview with Radio Vitoriosa, a PT member praised the former mayor of Belo Horizonte and called him a man “ready to work and do the right thing”. Both should rise on the same platform in time for the October elections. However, the sewing done by Kalil in the State has some peculiarities.
At the same time that he will have Lula’s support, the former mayor has also succeeded in attracting União Brasil, Sergio Moro’s party, to his provisional candidacy. On Monday the 13th, the president of the legend, Luciano Bivar, declared Estadão / Political BroadcastGrupo Estado’s real-time news system that the talks were aided by the fact that the SDP had no presidential candidate, but that Kalil’s support for Lula in Minas had been formalized since May.
In a note, the council of the preliminary government candidate confirmed that he was in Brasilia for a meeting with Bivar and António Rueda, vice president of the Union, on Monday. The party had previously negotiated an alliance with Governor Romeu Zema (Novo), a tentative candidate for re-election, and claimed a vice on the list. The name of federal deputy Bilac Pinto (União Brasil) was cited to fill the vacancy.
This was privately reported by a source who participated in the negotiations. Estadão / Political Broadcast that Zema misspoke by not passing on the vice to União Brasil. The appointment of federal deputy Marcelo Haro (PP), according to the source, is practically a “hammer”.
Despite the state deadlock, União Brasil’s decision to support Kalil was made at the national level. Biwar’s desire to form a strong platform in the state, even though he was aware of his low viability in the race for the Plateau, intensified the negotiations. According to the same interlocutor, the former mayor of Belo Horizonte “will continue” with Lula, but also guarantees a platform for Biwar.
