"Amorim follows the 'the worse, the better' reasoning against the Government"
This is according to journalist Gilvan Manoel, from Jornal do Dia, in an analysis of Senator Eduardo Amorim's (PSC) strategy to reach the state government; "Senator Eduardo is openly campaigning for governor and therefore is trying to block works and resources for the state government. He follows the reasoning of 'the worse, the better' and has been able to impose this idea on his allies, especially with the president of the Assembly, Deputy Angélica Guimarães," he states.
247 - Journalist Gilvan Manoel provides a consistent assessment of the change in behavior of Senator Eduardo Amorim (PSC), now with a more aggressive discourse against the government base, in this weekend's edition of his column in Jornal do Dia.
"Senator Eduardo continues with the discourse that he has never said he is a candidate for governor, as if that were necessary to be campaigning. Since he was declared senator-elect in 2010, he has been openly campaigning, making promises and publicizing campaign proposals. Meanwhile, his brother Edvan takes care of the behind-the-scenes aspects of the campaign, gathering parties and support for the opportune moment," he states.
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Little by little, Senator Eduardo Amorim (PSC) is shedding his good-guy facade and beginning to publicly show his claws as the leader of the opposition to the state government. Until now, he only used to play hardball in backroom conversations and negotiations, when he imposed his will and demanded dog-like loyalty from his allies. Attacks on adversaries were the responsibility of deputies Venâncio Fonseca (PP) and André Moura (PSC), and occasionally his brother Edvan.
Senator Eduardo cultivated a good-guy image that began to crumble last year when he ordered his party in the Legislative Assembly to reject the Proinveste projects. Senator Valadares (PSB) was the first to warn of the 'wolf in sheep's clothing' hiding behind the polite and reserved senator, through the article "The Hidden Face of Senator Amorim," and in a speech in the Senate. Amorim only backed down and allowed the approval of Proinveste after vehement public appeals from Governor Marcelo Déda, which bordered on humiliation. Today, the Executive's bill concerning the R$ 160 million loan so that the State Government can cover the counterpart funds in the works that will be contracted with Proinveste resources is stuck in the drawer of the president of the Legislative Assembly, Deputy Angélica Guimarães (PSC). Since the government is currently in a position to win the dispute in the plenary session, it is opting to shelve the bill with Angélica, who refuses to put the project into motion until she receives the senator's approval.
By claiming that the state is heavily indebted and acting as if he had already been elected governor in 2014, Senator Amorim is literally acting against the interests of the state of Sergipe. He is making life difficult for the government to prevent the execution of public works and the improvement of public services from being used as a showcase by the acting governor, Jackson Barreto (PMDB), the likely government candidate to succeed Déda.
The former Secretary of Health in the last government of João Alves Filho (DEM), Senator Amorim treats the sector as if he had never been there. It was between 2003 and 2005, precisely during his tenure, that the area collapsed in the state, with the closure of regional hospitals and the deterioration of services.
Senator Eduardo continues to claim that he has never officially stated he is a candidate for governor, as if that were a requirement for campaigning. Since being declared senator-elect in 2010, he has been openly campaigning, making promises and publicizing his campaign proposals. Meanwhile, his brother Edvan is working behind the scenes, gathering parties and support for the opportune moment.
On Friday, in response to the acting governor, who the previous day had suggested he start working for the benefit of the state, Senator Eduardo once again used his powerful radio network to play the victim, portraying himself as a poor man who had succeeded, as if Jackson had come from a millionaire family. "Have you ever seen so many machine guns, so many cannons, so much verbal aggression in the history of Sergipe against someone who never said he was a candidate for governor? I never said I was a candidate. My political life is only six years and seven months old. Why are these people bothered? I don't have that flaw (laziness) of standing still, and my life shows that," said the senator, who recounted his life journey up to his medical studies.
Last week, Senator Eduardo also approached the mayor of Aracaju, João Alves Filho, whom he served as Secretary of Health, to offer himself as an intermediary with the Minister of Health, Alexandre Padilha. Amorim is in opposition to the PT (Workers' Party) in Sergipe, but he uses the benefits of the federal government as a member of the government bloc that supports the PT government of President Dilma Rousseff.
Senator Eduardo is openly campaigning for governor and is therefore trying to block projects and resources for the state government. He follows the "the worse, the better" logic and has been able to impose this idea on his allies, especially the president of the Assembly, Deputy Angélica Guimarães.