Ciro: "PSB is picking up crumbs from the PT and PMDB banquet"
Former minister Ciro Gomes seems to be packing his bags to leave the PSB party; in Salvador, during a lecture at the Chamber of Retailers (CDL), he tried to calm tensions with presidential pre-candidate Eduardo Campos, saying that he didn't call him unprepared, but reaffirmed that his party colleague "has no proposals"; "He is prepared for any task. What I said is that the three possible candidates (Aécio Neves, Marina Silva and Eduardo) don't have a single proposal."
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Former Finance Minister Ciro Gomes, still with the PSB, tried to shake up the pre-election scene during his visit to Salvador this Tuesday (26). In addition to strong statements about the race for the presidential election next year, the socialist backtracked on statements that his party colleague and possible candidate Eduardo Campos, governor of Pernambuco, would be "unprepared" for the election.
More subdued, the Ceará native said that the media's reaction to the alleged unease with the president of his party was "fallacy." However, despite denying any disrespect to Eduardo, Ciro Gomes reaffirmed that he "has no proposals," just like former senator Marina Silva and senator Aécio Neves (PSDB).
"I didn't say he wouldn't be prepared. He personally is prepared for any task. What I said is that the three possible candidates [referring to Aécio Neves, Marina Silva, and Eduardo Campos] don't have a single proposal. All three are very well qualified, well prepared, but my question is: what is the proposal? What is the idea?"
And it didn't stop there. With his bags almost packed to leave the PSB, accompanied by his brother Cid Gomes, the governor of Ceará, Ciro said that it is "reckless" for his party to launch a candidate for the presidency of Brazil in 2014 while it is part of Dilma Rousseff's support base.
"Are we in the PSB picking up crumbs from the PT and PMDB's physiological banquet, having no influence whatsoever on the direction of Brazil, and are we going to launch a candidacy six months before the elections? With what consistency will we present ourselves to society? If we are in there, it's because we approve of what's happening there," the former minister exclaimed in an article published on the Bahia Notícias website.
Attempting to position himself above the rest in Brazilian politics, Ciro Gomes said he has no intention of running for president for a third time (he ran and lost twice) and explained why.
In addition to saying that "the environment is very unqualified," the professor, lawyer, and writer cited the last Senate presidential election as a bad example. "How can the Senate re-elect a Renan Calheiros with a majority?"
Ciro was a speaker at the opening of the 15th edition of Liquida Salvador, in the auditorium of the Chamber of Retail Leaders (CDL).