In response to adjustments, Paim signals he will leave the PT.
“It’s a big misconception to think that only the upper middle class took to the streets on March 15th. A portion of wage earners did too. The effect of these measures will be felt above all by the so-called lower classes,” says Senator Paulo Paim (RS); he contests voting on measures 'against workers' and signals that he will leave his party: “What is the PT’s and the government’s discourse today? About interest rates? About inflation?”
247 Senator Paulo Paim (RS-PT) once again criticized the government's fiscal adjustment measures. He says he refuses to vote for projects "against workers' rights" and threatens to leave the PT to create a new party.
“It’s a big misconception to think that only the upper middle class took to the streets on March 15th. A portion of salaried workers also participated. The effect of these measures will be felt primarily by the so-called lower classes,” says Senator Paulo Paim (RS), in an interview with 'Estado de S. Paulo'.
According to him, even former president Lula is 'embarrassed by the measures': "What is the PT's and the government's discourse today? About interest rates? About inflation?".
Paim states that, 'as things stand', the natural course of action will be to abandon the acronym and affirms that there are concrete talks about a party merger within the government's base.