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RIO – The candidate for mayor of Porto Alegre, José Fortunati (PTB), announced this Wednesday morning that he is out of the race. Through a direct on his Facebook page, the former mayor did not announce his support for other candidates running in the first round. Technically he was tied for second with Marchezan Junior (PSDB) and Sebastião Melo (MDB), according to Ibope.
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The statement comes two days after the Regional Electoral Tribunal (TRE-RS) rejected the candidacy of the runner-up, André Cecchini (Patriota).
– It hurts so much to say that, it hurts, from the bottom of my heart, but we are not going to continue on this path. Unfortunately, last Monday we were surprised by the TRE’s decision, challenging my running mate. I was very surprised, it still seems strange to me, a decision that damages the law, damages the resolutions of the Superior Electoral Court, a totally political decision taken in the last week of the campaign. – He said in the video.
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Fortunati described the decision to challenge the candidacy of his deputy as “illegal”, since Law 9,504 establishes that all candidate records, including resources, are judged and published up to 20 days before the elections. It also pointed out that Resolution 23,609, of the Superior Electoral Court of 2009, ratified the law.
“It is an absolutely political decision,” he said.
André Cecchini’s candidacy was challenged on the grounds that the registration was irregular, since it was carried out outside the legal deadline. Despite this, according to Fortunati, on October 18 Cechinni’s candidacy was approved “without reparations, since all the eligibility conditions were met.”
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“It was an illegal decision because if we take Law 9.504 of 1907, Article 16, first paragraph, both the law and the resolution say that all applications for the registration of candidates, including those challenged and the respective resources, must be judged by the courts. . and public until 20 days before the elections. In other words, what the TRE did that week was against the law. I repeat, it was an illegal decision. “
During the nearly 20-minute video, Fortunati said that staying in the race for mayor of Porto Alegre could bring “legal insecurity.” He also said that although the ruling was issued at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, the sentence, necessary for the appeal, was only published at 08:33 a.m. on Wednesday, so it is practically impossible to judge the appeal in the TSE until Sunday, when the 1st shift.
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Now out of the race, Fortunati thanked the party chairman, Everton Braz, and his wife, Regina Becker. He got emotional when talking about the campaign team, was hugged by Regina and ended the speech applauded by the team that accompanied him.
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According to an Ibope poll, published on October 29, Fortunati came in fourth place, with 13% of voting intentions, in a technical tie with Nelson Marchezan Júnior (PSDB) and Sebastião Melo (MDB), both with 14% . The PCdoB candidate, Manuela D’Ávila, led with 27%.
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In the drills of the 2nd round, the PTB candidate played against Manuela D’Ávila, who is ahead. Against the PCdoB candidate, Fortunati was technically tied with 40% of voting intentions, while Manuela had 41%.
Ibope also tested a scenario in which Fortunati appears in the second round against Marchezan and Melo. In the dispute with the PSDB candidate, Labor would win the mayoral vacancy with 46% of the voting intentions, while Marchezan guarantees 30% of the nominations. Along with the MDB candidate, Fortunati also appears in front with 42% and Melo with 34%.
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The institute listened to 805 voters from Porto Alegre, between October 27 and 29. The margin of error is three percentage points higher or lower and the confidence level is 95%. This means that there is a 95% probability that the results reflect the current electoral moment, considering the margin of error.
