Guerra is in a hurry to get his hands on the "little-known" Aécio.
The national president of the PSDB party argues that the party's candidate for the presidency in 2014 should be defined this year; "I have participated in presidential campaigns, such as Geraldo Alckmin's, and I know that lack of recognition is a problem that must be resolved well in advance," he stated during a state convention in Recife, where he admitted that the senator from Minas Gerais is "little known by the general electorate"; according to him, "of the pre-candidates for the presidency, so far only Dilma has no recognition problem."
247 – In a speech during the PSDB state convention in Pernambuco, the party's national president, Congressman Sérgio Guerra (PE), argued that the name of the PSDB candidate for president of the Republic in 2014 should be defined this year, so that it becomes known to the electorate. "I have already participated in presidential campaigns, such as that of Geraldo Alckmin, and I know that lack of recognition is a problem that must be resolved well in advance," said Guerra, referring to the governor of São Paulo.
According to him, this is why he argues that "the party should have a candidate for President of the Republic this year, at least one who has been identified." Speaking this Sunday at one of the 11 state events being held by the party this weekend, Guerra admitted that the senator from Minas Gerais is "little known to the electorate in general" and announced that he will hand over the national presidency of the party to him on the 16th, at the national convention of the PSDB, to "make him better known throughout Brazil."
Guerra further stated that the candidacy of the governor of Pernambuco, Eduardo Campos – also little known to the electorate, in his assessment – "is good for Brazil" and that whether or not it favors the PSDB "is another matter and that's not so important." The fact, according to him, "is that with Eduardo as a candidate, Marina as a candidate, Aécio as a candidate, and others who may emerge, the election will be multifaceted. It will not be easy for Dilma to face an election with Aécio in the Southeast and Eduardo in the Northeast, for example."
An important issue, continued the PSDB leader, "is that what the PT is trying to make people believe—the idea that their candidate is virtue and the others are sinners, that they are good and the others are evil—will not materialize. The market reserve of votes is over." Sérgio Guerra stated that the party's doors are more than open for the senator from Minas Gerais and that assuming the party presidency will facilitate his "identification." "Of the presidential pre-candidates, so far only Dilma has no problem with recognition," he affirmed.