Former Governor Joao Doria (PSDB) has dropped out of the presidential race, but not out of the campaign. At least in São Paulo, the toucan’s political positions and mode of government are still present in the pre-election debate, especially in the speeches of the main opponents of the current governor, Rodrigo Garcia (PSDB), who have so far tried to hide how he came to office.

But if not participating in the Palacio do Planalto eases Garcia’s strategy to separate himself from Doria, it also gives Fernando Haddad (PT), Tarcio de Freitas (Republicans) and Marcio Franz (PSB) ammunition in their attempts to reach Bandeirantes. Castle. Despite the struggle with Garcia, criticism of the three is focused on the figure of Doria.

Part of the explanation lies in the study, according to political scientist Marco Antonio Teixeira of FGV-SP. The latest, released this week by Ipespe, where Doria was still a candidate for Planalto, showed his bounce rate as high as 53%. Last month, another poll by Datafolha showed that the toucan left the government with 23% approval and 36% disapproval.

“This refusal became an obstacle to his political and electoral action,” Teixeira said. “In 2020, Bruno Covas also avoided him on the campaign trail, and now Garcia is praising Senator Simona Tebet.” To StadaoGarcia said before the ex-governor gave in that Simone could represent the third way in October and said he was different from his predecessor. “I was Doria’s deputy. One is different from the other.”

Leading the polls on intent to vote for the state government, Haddad worked to nationalize the debate, attributing the impact of the crisis to São Paulo’s pocket to Doria and Bolsonaro. “The state and federal governments have been fighting for four years and it was the people of São Paulo who paid the price with more inflation, unemployment and poverty,” the PT member wrote on social media.

Another Haddad campaign strategy is not to forget the expression “Bolsodoria”, coined by the toucan himself. PT cites economic data to highlight that both were allies in the 2018 election.

“For the same price at which we bought meat five years ago, today we take only carrots. People from São Paulo pay a fee for Doria and Bolsonaro’s gasoline put in their food,” Haddad repeats at public events.

Loyalty

After being defeated by a toucan in 2018, Marcio França used social media to gloat over his rival’s departure. “I’m sorry, because I don’t wish harm on anyone.” But this is the inevitable end, with great loneliness and melancholy, of all traitors: betrayal and oblivion,” said the former governor, who defends the Lula-Alkmina ticket.

As he did four years ago, França has focused his pre-campaign on some of the pillars he says he follows in public life, such as loyalty and dialogue. Both characteristics, which he says he has not seen in Doria since the toucan went from ally to adversary, both belonged to the same group in São Paulo until 2018. The partnership ended when Doria resigned as mayor to compete with France for government without the approval of Geraldo Alcmín, now a member of the PSB.

The representative of Bolsonaris in São Paulo, former Minister Tarcisio de Freitas is more reserved in his personal criticism, but he does not miss the opportunity to link the problems of the state to the Doria administration, especially in the economic field. For example, he echoes Bolsonaro’s criticisms of toucan politics during the pandemic, and even makes fun of one of the toucan showcases, Pupatempo.

“Reindustrialize the state with innovation and technology, turning the crisis caused by the pandemic into an opportunity. The result will be employment and development for people who can no longer watch the government celebrate the inauguration of Poupatempo. Sao Paulo deserves much more,” he wrote online.

Using the same strategy that Haddad used, by nationalizing the campaign and linking himself to Lula, Tarcisio is taking over what he calls the federal government’s achievements, such as the new sanitary framework and Central Bank autonomy, and instead of hiding, he opens up. his relationship with Bolsonaro. In a recent interview with the O Globo newspaper, he says that Garcia doesn’t do the same because Doria was a “disaster”.

The information is taken from the newspaper. State of Sao Paulo.