Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva is expected this Friday to confirm former Sao Paulo state governor Geraldo Alckmin as his running mate in next October’s presidential election.
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Workers’ Party (PT) sources indicated that the Socialist Party of Brazil (PSB) must ratify Alckmin this Friday in Sao Paulo to contest the fair election with Lula, still the PT’s presidential candidate, as vice-president.
“I have changed, Alckmin has changed and Brazil has changed. I was Alckmin’s opponent, not his enemy. Happy was the Brazil that had a dispute between two democratic parties because there was a civilized debate about the government program,” the former president said in a radio interview.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reported Tuesday that the Socialist Party of Brazil (PSB) will announce next Friday that former governor Geraldo Alckmin will be its vice-presidential candidate in October’s elections.KSAmKJmE7g pic.twitter.com/EkgRIRLK8L
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April 6, 2022
Lula da Silva specified that he will have a meeting where the PSB will propose Geraldo Alckmin as vice president and “we will take him to the PT to discuss it. If we are together, we will rebuild Brazil because we are two democrats,” he noted.
Former Governor Alckmin also praised Lula da Silva, noting that the PT leader himself represented democracy.
Eu mudei or Alckmin mudou eo Brasil mudou. I was an opponent of Alckmin, not my friend. Lucky was the Brazil that had a dispute between two democratic parties because there was a civilized debate about the government program.
— Lula (@LulaOficial)
April 5, 2022
Lula ruled out the possibility that former head of state Dilma Rousseff would join as a minister in a possible government of his.
“I don’t think appointing a president to be your minister will work, you’re going to put him lower on the authority scale than you are, tending to cause problems; I don’t work with that hypothesis,” he mused.
The former Brazilian president warned of a complicated election campaign and asked not to be carried away by optimism. “It won’t be easy, it’s not a won war; It’s a war we can win.”
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva appears in all opinion polls as the favorite for the presidential elections after regaining his political rights in March 2021.