Lula's former ally joins Campos' team
Ambassador José Viegas Filho, who was Lula's Minister of Defense, is now writing the foreign policy chapter for the PSB presidential candidate; Campos has also been talking with two other former ministers of Lula: Roberto Rodrigues and Luiz Fernando Furlan, who served in Agriculture and Development, respectively.
247 - The governor of Pernambuco, Eduardo Campos, has been cultivating alliances among those who were once allies of former president Lula. His latest acquisition is Ambassador José Viegas, former Minister of Defense. Read more information from Painel below:
Whoever is alive... Ambassador José Viegas Filho is yet another former minister of Lula to join the team of collaborators of the duo Eduardo Campos and Marina Silva.
...it always appears Viegas, who was Minister of Defense during Lula's first term, participated last week in a seminar organized by the PSB and Rede parties. He said he maintains a good relationship with Lula, but accepted an invitation from his former colleagues in the cabinet.
Official photo Campos and Marina still have open channels of communication with Roberto Rodrigues and Luiz Furlan, former ministers of Agriculture and Development during the Workers' Party administration. The interaction between Dilma's new rivals and her former collaborators is unsettling for Lula.