Valdemar acts personally for PL in the presidency of Alesp – 01/18/2023 – Mônica Bergamo

The national president of the PL, Valdemar Costa Neto, started to act personally in the articulations around the command of the presidency of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo (Alesp). He wants to sign the name of Deputy André do Prado (PL), who now occupies the post of second vice-president of the House.

In addition to having a sponsor in the presidency, an eventual successful candidacy of the PL would give Valdemar space and bargaining power not yet conquered with the management of Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans) —his party ended up being overlooked in the distribution of secretariats in the São Paulo government .

According to state deputies heard by the column, this would be the first time in years that Valdemar disputes such an expressive space with Alesp and the Government of São Paulo. One of them says he has never seen anything like this in at least 15 years of acting in the House.

The personal intervention of the president of the PL precedes, in months, the election of the Board of Directors of the assembly, scheduled for March 15th. On the same date, the parliamentarians elected in last year’s election will take office.

An agreement between Tarcísio and the PL to support André do Prado’s candidacy has been circulating since the end of 2022. Valdemar’s active role increases the pressure on the negotiation.

In the last elections, the PL of former president Jair Bolsonaro expanded its bench in the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo and elected 19 deputies, against 17 who emerged victorious from the polls in 2018.

The federation composed of PT, PV and PC do B will also have 19 seats in the House. Following is the bench of the federation integrated by PSDB and Citizenship, with 11 deputies.

_{with BIANKA VIEIRA (interim)KARINA MATIAS and MANOELLA SMITH}

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