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- André Shalders – @andreshalders
- BBC News Brazil in Brasilia
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Boulos disputes the second round for the city of São Paulo with Bruno Covas (PSDB)
On the night of this Thursday (11/19), the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) decided to support Guilherme Boulos (PSOL) in the second round of the São Paulo City Council (SP) dispute.
The decision was made at a meeting in a hotel in Brasilia, which entered at dawn on Friday (11/20), and the support for Boulos will be made official in a ceremony this Friday morning, at the launch of the “democratic front “led by the PSOL candidate. Márcio França (PSB) should not attend.
The meeting was attended by the national president of the PSB, Carlos Siqueira, and the party’s defeated mayoral candidate, Márcio França – the support for Boulos was decided against the will of the latter, who disputed the left-wing electorate with the candidate of the PSOL during the campaign.
In addition, during the meeting, the socialist summit confirmed the support for other left-wing candidates in the second round: João Coser (PT) in Vitória (ES), and Edmilson Rodrigues (PSOL) in Belém (PA).
During the campaign, Boulos and France had several altercations. During a debate promoted by Veja magazine in early September, France raised questions about Boulos’s curriculum, to which it responded by accusing the then-PSB opponent of spreading rumors.
In addition to France itself, other members of the campaign also resisted supporting Boulos, such as former federal deputy Beto Albuquerque.
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Marcio França ranked 3rd in the first round, with 13.6% of the valid votes
With tonight’s decision, the PSB joins the other major left parties, which had already signed their support for Boulos in São Paulo. In recent days, the PT, the PDT, the Sustainability Network led by former Senator Marina Silva (AC) and the PC do B. have announced their support for the leader of the Homeless Workers Movement (MTST).
The Brasilia meeting was attended by other PSB leaders, such as the governors of Pernambuco, Paulo Câmara; from Espírito Santo, Renato Casagrande; and the former Governor of the Federal District, Rodrigo Rollemberg. The son of Márcio França, São Paulo deputy Caio França, also participated.
The decision to support Boulos in São Paulo is not an isolated move: in recent days, the national leadership has been pressing for support for leftist names, such as Edmilson Rodrigues, João Coser and Manuela D’Ávila (PC do B) in Porto Alegre – in the latter case, the support is not yet closed.
As in the case of Boulos, the decision to support Manuela in Porto Alegre faces resistance: local PSB leaders prefer to support Sebastião Melo (MDB).
“Yes (there was a conflict, over Porto Alegre)”. “(Decisions on alliances) They also have to take into account the history of the party, which has its well-defined field (on the left),” Carlos Siqueira told BBC News Brazil, before the meeting with France.
“Márcio (France), on the other hand, is a colleague of the National Executive, we resolve everything in dialogue. There is no conflict with him, no,” Siqueira said.
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Carlos Siqueira is the national president of the acronym
France’s allies reported their discomfort over the fact that PSOL decided to support the candidacy of Marília Arraes (PT) in Recife, for example, to the detriment of João Campos (PSB), grandson of the former Pernambuco governor Eduardo Campos (1965-2014 ). Siqueira denies that this malaise exists and recalls that the PSB is also supporting PSOL candidates in other cities, such as Edmilson Rodrigues, in Belém (PA).
Márcio França finished third in São Paulo, behind Boulos and Bruno Covas (PSDB). The socialist had almost 730,000 votes, or 13.6% of valid votes.
“Good luck to Boulos and Bruno. Good luck to you both, discernment, patience, and let’s move on to the second round, that democracy is like this: one election ends, another begins,” he said on a social network, after the votes had been counted. . France was deputy governor of São Paulo between 2015 and 2018, under the administration of Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB). When Alckmin resigned to run for the presidency of the Republic, France assumed the position of governor.
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As in the case of Boulos, the decision to support Manuela D’Ávila in Porto Alegre faces resistance
Veto of scholarship holders and power of the National Executive
To defend the party’s support for Boulos and Manuela D’Ávila, Carlos Siqueira mentions a resolution approved by the National Executive of the PSB in March of this year, and which determines that the party close alliances “preferably with left and center-left parties. “, and gives the National Executive the power to decide on the support for the candidates in the second round.
“All the deliberations of the PSB (…) on the formation of coalitions and the election of candidates in capitals and cities with the possibility of a second round must be submitted to the prior approval of the national board, which may approve, modify or cancel them in case of disagreement with the political-electoral guidelines of the PSB ”, says article 1 of the resolution.
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The former governor of the Federal District, Rodrigo Rollemberg, also attended the meeting.
The document also explicitly prohibits support for “candidacies and / or candidates who defend the current government,” referring to the federal government of Jair Bolsonaro (no party).
At the national level, the PSB prioritized the formation of slabs with the PDT, in an alliance that had been sewing since 2019 and that points to the next presidential race, in 2022. France, for example, ran with a vice president of the PDT, Antonio Neto.
The two acronyms have also been together in other major cities. In Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Martha Rocha (PDT) was substituted by cultural producer Anderson Quack (PSB). In Porto Alegre, pediatrician Juliana Brizola, granddaughter of former Rio governor Leonel Brizola, topped the list with socialist María Luiza Loose.
Also, in Recife (PE), pediatricians supported the candidacy of the socialist João Campos.
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