RIO – Elected in the second round by the City of Rio, Eduardo Paes (DEM) is already beginning to articulate a rapprochement with the state government and the federal government. The elected mayor called President Jair Bolsonaro (No party) this Monday morning, as columnist Berenice Seara said, and has already met with the governor of Rio, Cláudio Castro (PSC).
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– I spoke with him by video call with Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. He said we will work together, in partnership I played with him saying that in 2018 I couldn’t get him out of Witzel. I have a good relationship with the president – he told GLOBO.
Paes began in politics at the age of 23 as deputy mayor of Jacarepaguá in the Cesar Maia government Photo: Fernando Maia / Agência O GloboIn March 1993, Paes as deputy mayor of the Western Zone Photo: Ari Lago / Agência O GloboEduardo Paes, crouched on the right, among a team of advisers to the then mayor of Rio, Cesar Maia, in 1995 Photo: Domingos Peixoto / Agência O GloboLaunch of Eduardo Paes’ candidacy for councilor for the PFL, with the presence of Mayor Cesar Maia and his mayoral candidate, Luís Paulo Conde and Solange Amaral, in 1996 Photo: Julio César Guimarães / Agência O GloboEduardo Paes, during his mandate as federal deputy, at a meeting of the special tax reform commission in 2003 Photo: Aílton de Freitas / Agência O GloboCongressman Eduardo Paes puts on his tie while speaking with Senator Heloísa Helena at the CPI dos Correios office, before the start of the session, in 2005 Photo: Aílton de Freitas / Agência O GloboIn 2006, Paes, then a candidate for the government of the state of Rio, joined the side of Geraldo Alckim, candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, in front of the ABI headquarters, in downtown Rio Photo: André Teixeira / Agência O GloboPaes, during a campaign for governor of Rio, walks the streets of the Sahara, in the center of the capital of Rio de Janeiro. The election ended with just over 5% of the valid votes and he supported Sérgio Cabral in the second round Photo: André Teixeira / Agência O GloboRio’s governor-elect, Sérgio Cabral, announces Eduardo Paes as Secretary of Tourism, Sports and Leisure Photo: Domingos Peixoto / Agência O GloboPaes, then Secretary of State for Tourism, Sports and Leisure, accompanies the delegation of the working group for Pan 2007, during a visit to the works in Maracanã and Maracanãzinho Photo: Marco Antônio Teixeira / Candidate for mayor of Rio for the PMDB in 2008, Paes goes hand in hand in Bonsucesso. He won the elections with 50.8% of the valid votes, after a heated dispute in the second round Fernando Gabeira (PV) Photo: Ricardo Leoni / Agência O GloboGovernor Sérgio Cabral campaigns with candidate Eduardo Paes, in Madureira, in 2008 Photo: Mônica Imbuzeiro / Agência O GloboDebate between the candidates Eduardo Paes and Fernando Gabeira, in the 2008 elections Photo: Gabriel de Paiva / Agência O GloboIn 2009, the then mayor of Rio rides a bicycle during a visit to the Vila Turismo community, in Complexo do Alemão, Zona Norte Photo: Hipólito Pereira / Agência O GloboPaes, accompanied by President Lula and Governor Sérgio Cabral, during the launch ceremony of the project to revitalize the port area of the city of Rio, in 2009 Photo: Michel Filho / Agência O GloboMayor and candidate for re-election, Eduardo Paes skates during a visit to Parque Madureira, in the 2012 campaign Photo: Márcio Alves / In 2012, Paes, campaigning for re-election, in the streets of Madureira, accompanied by Governor Sérgio Cabral and Senators Lindbergh Farias and Marcelo Crivella. The then mayor was re-elected in the first round, with 64% of the votes Photo: Pedro Kirilos / Agência O GloboPaes, together with President Dilma and Governor Sérgio Cabral, open popular apartments in Bairro Carioca in Triagem, in 2012 Photo: Marcelo Carnaval / Agência O GloboMayor Eduardo Paes walks from the BRT of Alvorada (Barra da Tijuca) to Madureira, in 2015 Photo: Marcelo Theobald / Agência O GloboPaes greets Crivella during the office transfer ceremony at the City Palace, in Botafogo, in January 2017 Photo: Thiago Freitas / Agência O GloboOnce again on the streets, Paes walks in Taquara during the 2018 campaign, in which he ran again for the government of the state of Rio Photo: Bárbara Lopes / Agência O Globo
The elected mayor organized a trip to Brasilia “now”, with no date yet set. There was still room for a joke: “I said I could have freed him from Wilson Witzel (outgoing and defendant governor), if he hadn’t been wrong. But he voted badly again, but I freed him from the worst mayor in history of his life and the from Rio, ”Paes reported.
Paes has emphasized that he will seek a good relationship with the federal government. One of the first associations should be around testing for Covid-19. In the first interview with GLOBO after the victory, the elected mayor affirmed that he will maintain a “republican and institutional” relationship with the president and the governor and that the transitional position begins now.
When asked if he could lose dialogue with the president due to differences with the federal government, Paes also said that he always had a good relationship with Bolsonaro.
– I am not so. I can think differently, but I will always maintain the dialogue. The interests of the city must be above my political and personal opinions on any office of President Bolsonaro. I’ve always had a good relationship with him. We haven’t spoken in many years. In two elections he supported Witzel and won, and in the other, he supported Crivella and I won. And I respected his position and at no time asked him to do otherwise. I did not ask for your support.
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Paes told Globonews this Monday morning that he will seek help to combat the pandemic and that he wants “the vaccine that Anvisa will launch.”
– I want the vaccine authorized by Anvisa. It doesn’t matter if it’s going to be Chinese, Japanese, Russian or German. The important thing is that we have the vaccine as soon as Anvisa launches a vaccine. Our job is to prepare the basic health units, here in Rio there are family clinics, so that they are prepared for when the vaccine arrives, we can vaccinate the population.
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He also told GLOBO that he ruled out the lockdown in the city as a measure to combat the virus.
– I think so. We have to work on viable issues. All the data point to a situation in which no confinement is necessary, but rather to establish a dialogue with the population. It is necessary to say: “We will maintain social distance and wear a mask.” And testing, which is essential. It will prevent people from going around spreading the virus. We demand from the population something that they will not fulfill is not ideal.
