Geddel: Gabrielli left Petrobras "crippled"
The former minister's statement is a response to the offensive by the former all-powerful figure who decided to play the role of political strategist by saying that the opposition in Bahia is "weak and with empty rhetoric"; behind the scenes, it is said that opponents of Jaques Wagner's government are hoping that the PT will launch Gabrielli in next year's election, as he would be the 'easiest' to defeat; "The truth is that Gabrielli never had a good political discourse. He is an excellent administrator, but politically...", says a source from Bahia 247.
Romulo Faro - Bahia 247
According to observers of Bahia's politics, the state's Planning Secretary and possible PT candidate to succeed Jaques Wagner, José Sérgio Gabrielli, lowers his guard when he decides to attack the PT's adversaries. "The truth is that Gabrielli has never had a good political discourse. He is an excellent administrator, but politically...", a source from the government's base recently told Bahia 247.
As journalist Samuel Celestino observed in a commentary on his website, Bahia Notícias, Gabrielli "aroused the ire of the opposition" by saying that "the opposition is somewhat weak and has empty rhetoric" in an interview with the newspaper A Tarde. Indeed. The Workers' Party member is stirring up a hornet's nest.
Just yesterday, the minority leader in Congress, Bahia state representative Antônio Imbassahy, from the PSDB party, reminded everyone of the successive negative news reports about the "damage" that Lula's candidate and Wagner's possible successor left at Petrobras.
Later, according to Samuel Celstino, Gabrielli stirred up a hornet's nest, the PMDB party of candidate Geddel Vieira Lima. In an interview with Tudo FM radio, the vice-president of Corporate Banking at Caixa Econômica Federal retaliated.
"Petrobras was left in a weakened state after his administration, a company he left bankrupt, generating losses for the country and for Petrobras shareholders, a company that, before him, was a symbol for Brazilians."
However, according to Celestino's statement and as the 247 source mentioned above, the opposition is hoping that the PT will indeed nominate Gabrielli for the position, as he would be the easiest to defeat. "They have begun collecting documents and published information about his management of the state-owned company during Lula's presidency," says Samuel Celestino's statement.