President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva denied having a candidate for the presidency of the Chamber, even after meeting with the Speaker of the Chamber, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), and the candidate for the presidency of the Chamber Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB) this week to discuss the elections. According to him, the presidency of the Chamber belongs to the parliamentarians and political parties.
“President Lula, president of Brazil, does not have a candidate for the presidency of the Chamber,” he said in an interview with Rádio Vitoriosa, in Uberlândia (Minas Gerais), Thursday 5. “The presidency of the Chamber is the responsibility of the political parties and federal deputies. The presidency of the Senate is the responsibility of the senators and political parties that make up the Senate.
Lula was not asked about the subject during the interview, but he wanted to address it at the end of the broadcast, even though he was not asked. “I use the microphone of Rádio Vitoriosa to say something,” he begins the argument.
According to the PT deputy, the President of the Republic “has the responsibility to treat well” whoever is elected. “The Speaker of the House and the Senate do not need President Lula, it is President Lula who needs them,” he added.
The PT deputy said he has always treated the presidents who make up Congress well and that he hopes that “the best” will be elected president of the Chamber and the Senate. “So that we can have two very, very virtuous years starting next year,” he added.
The PT deputy’s statements on non-interference in the electoral process for the presidency of the Chamber and Senate come after Lula met with parliamentarians to discuss the issue. On Wednesday 4, for example, Lula met with Hugo Motta, who is seeking support to run for the presidency of the Chamber. The meeting, which is not on the agenda of the Presidency of the Republic, took place at the Palácio do Planalto.
Motta was accompanied by the president of the Republicans, Marcos Pereira (SP), and the Minister of Ports and Airports, Silvio Costa Filho, a member of the party. On Tuesday night, 3, Pereira renounced his candidacy for the presidency of the Chamber and declared his support for the Chamber, his supporter and leader of the party.
The assessment of the deputies is that Motta is the consensual candidate for the Chamber and the first option of all, but Lira is still trying to convince Elmar Nascimento (União-BA) and Antonio Brito (PSD-BA) to withdraw their candidacies.
Source: Terra
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