Members of the Workers' Party (PT) remain in Márcio Lacerda's administration.
According to the president of the PT (Workers' Party) in Minas Gerais, federal deputy Reginaldo Lopes, only PT members who are career civil servants remain in Mayor Márcio Lacerda's administration.
Minas247 – Although the PSB relinquished the positions it held in the administration of the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Tarso Genro (PT), as well as in the government of Pernambuco, after the socialists left the government of President Dilma Rousseff (PT), the Workers' Party remains in the administration of the mayor of Belo Horizonte, Márcio Lacerda. In the municipal executive branch, the Workers' Party still holds positions such as the Transportation Company (BHTrans) and the Deputy Secretariat of Education.
Interestingly, last year, the PT-PSB relationship experienced a setback in Belo Horizonte when the PT had nominated federal deputy Miguel Corrêa Júnior as Lacerda's running mate. However, according to the newspaper Estado de Minas, the PT abandoned the partnership with the PSDB in the mayor's coalition, who was seeking re-election.
According to the president of the PT (Workers' Party) in Minas Gerais, federal deputy Reginaldo Lopes, only PT members who are career civil servants remain in Mayor Márcio Lacerda's administration. A representative of the PSB (Brazilian Socialist Party) stated that the socialists "provide technical and not partisan work." "There are a few dozen in important positions, important management roles, but there is no need for their removal as long as they don't mix party preference with the work they do," he affirmed.
In light of the actions of presidential candidate and governor of Pernambuco, Eduardo Campos (PSB), the PT decided to remove the socialist party from the government last month. The main positions relinquished were the Ministry of National Integration and the Special Secretariat of Ports.