Ciro and Cid are positioning themselves as presidential candidates within the PDT.
Looking ahead to 2018, brothers Ciro and Cid Gomes announce their departure from PROS to PDT, "the strongest party for a national project"; "My presidential candidate is Ciro Gomes," announced the former Minister of Education; in an article, Rodrigo Viana comments on the move and highlights: 'there are people thinking beyond the crisis. It's another sign that the PT/PSDB polarization is over. In a less pessimistic scenario, an alternative can be built that does not jeopardize the country's sovereignty. Ciro and Cid represent that possibility.'
247 – Former Ceará governor Ciro Gomes announced this Tuesday that, together with his brother, former Minister of Education Cid Gomes, he is packing his bags to leave PROS and join PDT, 'currently the strongest party for a national project', they say.
Cid and Ciro reaffirmed that they will continue to support President Dilma Rousseff's government. But they don't hide their presidential ambitions for 2018: "My candidate for president is Ciro Gomes," he said.
In an article, Rodrigo Viana He comments on the movement and emphasizes: there are people thinking beyond the crisis. According to him, it's another sign that the PT/PSDB polarization is over. Read below:
Ciro and Cid take over Brizola's PDT: there are people thinking beyond the crisis.
Ciro Gomes was a loyal fighter alongside Lula during the most difficult times – when part of the PT (Workers' Party) hid under the bed after the Mensalão scandal in 2005.
Cid Gomes, his brother, had the courage to go to Congress and brand Eduardo Cunha's forehead with the word "extortionist"!
Both have a controversial history. They've switched parties several times. But in the last 12 years, they've never changed sides.
Cid and Ciro announced their entry into the PDT – which has lost strength and identity since Brizola's death in 2003. Click here to learn more.
It's clear that one of the two will be a presidential candidate in 2018. This is yet another sign that the PT/PSDB polarization is over.
Ciro (or Cid?) may even become the candidate supported by part of the bloc that currently gravitates around Lula's ideology. But it is more likely that this bloc will dissolve.
The next election (whether in 2018, or before then if the parliamentary coup against Dilma succeeds) should be similar to that of 1989: a fragmented landscape.
The PSDB itself is in danger of falling apart. There are 3 personal projects in dispute: Aécio may remain with the PSDB party, Alckmin may run for the PSB, and Serra for the PMDB (with Temer's support).
And the deranged right wing can indeed make a Bolsonaro or Caiado candidacy viable – following in the footsteps of the National Front in France and other fascist-leaning groups around the world.
From the left, a new front could be formed – with elements from the former PT, PSOL, and other forces.
And there will still be room for candidacies like that of Ciro/Cid.
Will Lula survive until 2018? Is he out of the running? Hmm, none of that is certain.
The PSDB (Brazilian Social Democracy Party) is betting on "shutting down" the PT (Workers' Party) and crushing Lula with the support of Globo (a major Brazilian media conglomerate). They think that's how they'll come to power. History might surprise them.
A friend who knows his stuff often says, "There is no Salieri without Mozart." A reference to the envious musician who was constantly at odds with the genius Mozart in old Austria.
FHC and the PSDB party are like Salieri. They're bursting with envy over the genius that is Lula.
If Lula's legacy fades, the legacy of the PSDB party may end along with it.
Could the orchestra end up in the hands of a right-wing opportunist?
Or, in a less pessimistic scenario, an alternative could be built that does not jeopardize the country's sovereignty. Ciro and Cid represent that possibility.
Brizola's flag will be in good hands.