Mayor of Rio Eduardo Pais (PSD) intends to use the name of its political group in a dispute over the Rio state government next year. This name Felipe Santa Cruz, the current national president of the OAB.

The fact is that, although Paes enjoys the support of the national president of the SDP, Gilberto Cassabto nominate its own candidate for the Rio government in 2022, it’s no secret that the dispute remains open.

Claudio Castro, known in political circles as “the incredible deputy to the unlikely governor,” took over after the then governor Wilson Witzel was overthrown in an impeachment case that ended in late April. He is trying to qualify as an option with the leaders of the state.

Paes is not close to the governor and will not support his project, but he knows that the game is not defined. He also knows that despite the fact that Santa Cruz has sworn allegiance to him even underwater, the President of the OAB is notoriously unknown to most of the state’s electorate.

As a good player, Paes maintains bridges with potential allies, trying to build an alliance that could be unmatched next year.

Although the mayor prayed for the booklet of Kassab preaching the third vote for the president of the Republic next year, the mayor had already sat down to speak in Rio with Lula and with Chiro Gomes… They both promised to open the doors and get the same nods in return.

Two weeks ago, it was Paes’ turn to sit down and talk to the name that PDT will present as a preliminary candidate for the Rio state government. Rodrigo Neves, twice mayor of Niteroi. According to the DDT leader who was present at the meeting, “the dialogue with the SDP is going very well.”

Of course, since both parties intend to nominate their own running candidates next year, no one harbored the illusion of an alliance in the first round, although it is estimated that the campaigns will complement each other when the PDT candidate has power in the metropolitan area and some major cities within. countries and an SDP candidate who is in force in the capital, whose main electoral link will be the mayor himself.

You won’t be dating, you know, but the convergence is another sign that Rio is still open. According to local politicians, the current governor, Claudio Castro, may not have the strength to be re-elected, mainly due to the growing popularity of Jair Bolsonaro, his main guarantor, next year.

There is also a feeling that the most famous candidate in the 2022 race, MP Marcelo Freixo (PSB) will not be able to fulfill its dream of a broad alliance of parties against Pocketnarism. Leftist politicians in the state continue to fuel the desire for double or triple platforms, the idea that the more verbalized, the more distant it becomes.