Campos and Lula resume dialogue. 2014 in sight?
The governor of Pernambuco, Eduardo Campos (PSB), confirmed that he had been in contact with former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) after the wave of protests that spread across the country in the last 40 days; "Meeting with Lula is not news. Lula is a friend, a party colleague. Over the last few days, we have had several phone calls. We talked about this moment in the country," he declared; the governor also assessed that the drop in President Dilma Rousseff's (PT) popularity is due to current circumstances and that it is essential for the federal government to resume dialogue.
PE247 - The governor of Pernambuco, Eduardo Campos (PSB), confirmed during a party event held in Rio de Janeiro that he had been in contact with former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) following the wave of protests that spread across the country in the last 40 days. Campos, however, denied that the conversations revolved around next year's presidential elections. The governor also assessed that the drop in President Dilma Rousseff's (PT) popularity is due to current circumstances and that it is essential for the Federal Government to resume dialogue.
"Meeting with Lula isn't news. Lula is a friend, a party colleague. Over the last few days, we've had several phone calls. We talked about this moment in the country," he declared. According to him, the current national political moment hasn't altered the PSB's position regarding the 2014 elections. "It's like that popular saying: haste makes waste," he commented. "This isn't an electoral debate. It's a fundamental political debate so that we don't lose 2013. And so that Brazil doesn't lose the achievements of the last 30 years," he added.
Campos also said that the current situation demands a change of posture on the part of political agents in order to recover the credibility of society. "We have to think less about candidacies and more about Brazil. If we had discussed the content more and the form less, we would have progressed more in 2013. It is not with the old politics that we will recover the Brazilian people's belief in the future of the country," said the governor.
In this vein, Campos argued that parties from both the government and opposition bases should unite to prevent a worsening of the economy's performance that could lead to a severe financial crisis and to restore investor confidence. "We need to show that Brazil is a solid and secure democracy and instill confidence in domestic and foreign investors to guarantee investments," he noted. The manager also assessed that the Federal Government needs to maintain fiscal balance and resume political coordination before making decisions that directly impact the population.