Mabel is a "leadership parachutist," says Bacelar.
The statement by Bahia congressman João Carlos Bacelar (PR) refers to the actions of PMDB member Sandro Mabel (GO), who claimed that Mabel was one of the congressmen who resigned so that their respective PMDB alternates could assume office in order to vote for his then-party colleague and adversary Eduardo Cunha (RJ), who emerged victorious in the dispute for the party leadership in the Chamber of Deputies; "If I were in the PMDB, I would vote for Eduardo, who is the most intelligent man in Congress and not a parachutist for leadership like Sandro."
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Two politicians from Bahia are among the reasons cited by Congressman Sandro Mabel (PMDB-GO) for filing a lawsuit with the Supreme Federal Court (STF) requesting the annulment of the election that elected his party colleague Eduardo Cunha (RJ) as leader of the PMDB in the Federal Chamber.
Mabel alleges that the election was conducted through "political maneuvering, which violates the House's internal regulations and the Constitution." According to a report in Folha de São Paulo, the lawsuit states that federal deputies from other parties resigned from their positions to allow the illegal inauguration of PMDB alternates, who would vote for Cunha.
He points out that the alternates assumed their positions on Saturday, the day before the election, and cites as examples Congressman Marcelo Guimarães Filho (PMDB-BA), who took office in the seat of João Carlos Bacelar (PR-BA).
In an interview with the Bahia Notícias website, Bacelar said that Sandro Mabel's attitude is "the whining of a defeated man." The Republican argues that he took the 120-day leave of absence "as determined by the regulations" and admits that he would like to help the new PMDB leader in the Chamber, Eduardo Cunha (RJ).
"I don't know how Marcelinho [Guimarães] voted, but if I were in the PMDB, I would vote for Eduardo, who is the most intelligent man in Congress and is not a parachutist leader like Sandro, who is already trying to go to the PSD to take Eduardo Sciarra's (PR) position."
According to Bacelar, there is a movement within the PMDB to expel Mabel, who was previously expelled from the PR party for party disloyalty.
"Who is Sandro to say anything about me? He was expelled from my party for not honoring a party agreement. We closed ranks two years ago for the election of Marco Maia [former Speaker of the House], and he broke the agreement. In 1994, after the tragedy in Rio with Sérgio Naya's building, which led to his expulsion, my father, who was a close friend of his, sent a telegram expressing his solidarity. TV Globo showed my father's telegram and his. He said it was a mistake and ordered the secretary to be fired. That alone shows everything," Bacelar recalled.
The Republican denies any agreement with the PMDB substitute to benefit Eduardo Cunha and says that his relationship with his fellow party member from Rio is limited to the parliamentary sphere. "He's in the telecommunications business, he was president of Telerj, and I have no business in that sector."