The announcement of the departure of host José Luis Datena (PSC) from the presidential race in which he will run for the Senate from the state of São Paulo resonated in the political world among both allies and the opposition.
Datena received praise from Marcio França (PSB), the pre-candidate for the São Paulo government, who called him the “ambassador of the people”. Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans), who is also a candidate for the São Paulo government and a former minister of Bolsonaro, said he “regrets this decision, but respects the path taken.”
A few hours before the announcement of the resignation of the President Jair Bolsonaro he said he was done with Datena. The idea would be to collect a ticket with the host running for the Senate, Tarcisio for the state government and Bolsonaro for president. “I continue to count on your support as the excellent communicator that you are. We are now starting a conversation with good names to come up with a plan that will strengthen our project for São Paulo,” Freitas said in a statement.
As revealed by UOL columnist Kennedy Alencar, after Datena’s departure, Marcio France should run for the Senate and support PT in the race for Palacio dos Bandeirantes.. On Twitter, Frans turned to the host for help.
MP Bia Kichis (LP) shared an image of host Bolsonaro’s acceptance speech that featured a sentence saying the alliance didn’t work, but not because of the president.
the opposition is celebrating
On the other hand, opposition politicians were delighted with Datena’s withdrawal from the race for the Senate. Orlando Silva (PCdoB) described the departure as “the most popular body contouring in Brazilian politics”. This is the fourth time an MC has thrown his name to someone for a position and given up.
São Paulo Councilor Erica Hilton and Federal MP Ivan Valente, both from PSOL, also commented on the matter. Erika said she was relieved and said that Datena “turns violence into spectacle” and now wants to “turn politics into violence”.
Valente recalled that in the morning Bolsonaro had the support of the TV presenter. In his opinion, Datena “chose not to go down with the captain”.
Party president Juliano Medeiros celebrated the departure and said that now “São Paulo’s chances of electing a senator or a leftist senator will help defeat Bolsonaro’s program and elect Lula president.”
