PT should not have its own candidacy in the main capitals in 2024

In addition to São Paulo, where it intends to support the name of Guilherme Boulos (PSol), the PT is moving towards an agreement with other parties in the main capitals of the country. In Rio de Janeiro, the second largest capital in the country, the party of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva intends to support the re-election of Eduardo Paes, from the PSD.

Stronghold of the Bolsonaro family, the PL works with agreements to launch General Braga Netto, who was vice-president of Jair Bolsonaro last year, but the candidacy is not a consensus. In addition, former minister and deputy Eduardo Pazuello (PL-RJ) also works to make his name viable.

In Salvador, the governor of Bahia, Jerônimo Rodrigues (PT), works so that his political group has only one candidacy. The name should still be defined in the coming months, but vice-governor Geraldo Júnior (MDB) and former councilor José Trindade (PSB) are the favorites. The PT’s expectation is to have only “one Lula candidate” in order to defeat the current mayor Bruno Reis (União Brasil).

In Minas Gerais, Gleisi Hoffmann indicated that there is still no definition of a proper candidacy for Belo Horizonte and it would not be a problem to talk to other parties in the federation, which in addition to the PT includes the PV and the PCdoB. Part of the PT advocates supporting Mayor Fuad Noman’s PSD and negotiating a vice nomination on the ticket.

“We are looking to talk nationally. We have already established a conversation table about this, so the idea is for us to analyze the capitals, especially those that are very important to us and the municipalities where we have over 100 thousand voters”, explained the PT president.

In Recife, Lula is working so that Mayor João Campos (PSB) closes an alliance with the PT for the re-election dispute. In 2020, Campos clashed with Marília Arraes, who ran for mayoralty for the PT and ended up being defeated in the second round.

The rapprochement of the parties took place during last year’s presidential race. Now, the PT’s expectation is to place an ally as vice-president on Campos’ ticket. “We want to prepare a tactic for the dispute in the municipal elections that will strengthen both the PT and our federation, which includes the PCdoB and the PV, as well as the allies. Especially those who supported Lula’s candidacy in the first round of past elections” , explained the National Secretary General of the party, Henrique Fontana.