March 5, 2022

09:03

Via Brasília – Cenarium Agency

The season for switching parties is open, a 30-day period that parliamentarians have to leave the party without losing their mandate for party infidelity, and to be able to run for another legend in the 2022 elections. The window opened on Thursday, 3, and closes on April 1, as determined by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). In the Amazonas bench in Congress, negotiations are in full swing, but the tactic adopted predominantly is “hide the game until the 45th minute”, says a qualified source of Amazonian politics.

Polemic in the PL

Even with the conversations still restricted to the backstage, at least one controversy is already in sight: the congestion of candidates for federal lawmaker in the Liberal Party (PL). Because it is the acronym of President Jair Bolsonaro, the PL is likely to suffer a “swelling”, which could compromise some candidacies. As we know, the head of the PL in Amazonas, Alfredo Nascimento, is a very strong candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives, and names like lawmkers Alberto Neto (Republicans) and Delegado Pablo (PSL) have a 90% chance of becoming liberals and have already confirmed that they will seek reelection.

Menezes “owner of the party”

The discomfort within the PL is due to the posture of Bolsonaro’s pre-candidate for the Senate, Alfredo Menezes, who confirmed his move to the acronym and already speaks as “owner of the party,” said the source. Menezes wants to impose his “own candidate for federal deputy,” Alfredo Jacaúna, who has already run in several elections without success. Close to Bolsonaro, Jacaúna may be “a stone in the shoes of Alfredo Nascimento, Delegate Pablo and Alberto Neto, who seek to regain a seat in the House. As it will be very difficult for the PL to elect four federal candidates, analyzes the source, “someone must be left”.

Silence about acquisitions

In the Republicanos of Amazonas, its president, the federal lawmaker Silas Câmara, is silent about the new acquisitions, assumes that negotiations will happen until the end of the window and anticipates that the acronym will march with the candidacies of Eduardo Braga (MDB-AM) to the government and Omar Aziz (PSD-AM), candidate for re-election to the Senate. “We will keep fighting until the end for a strong ticket”, says Câmara. Speaking of Braga, his MDB, which has already won many former state lawmakers, should filiate three more mayors with mandate and the state lawmaker Dermilson Chagas, ex-Podemos.

Broad federation

In the leftist camp, the party federation that will unite the PT, PSB, PCdoB, and PV, in support of Lula’s election to the presidency, is taken for granted. But there are obstacles to overcome in Amazonas and nationally, especially in São Paulo, where Fernando Haddad (PT) and Márcio França (PSB) are fighting for the governor’s seat. In Amazonas, the federal lawmaker Zé Ricardo (PT) should try the reelection without many obstacles and the group’s slate should confirm Ifam’s professor Dênis Pereira as candidate to the Government of Amazonas.