The PMDB party in Minas Gerais doesn't even want to hear about Temer.
Deputy Leonardo Quintão, who was allegedly promised a ministry in exchange for withdrawing his candidacy for mayor of Belo Horizonte and supporting the PT candidate, is very dissatisfied with the vice-president, with whom he met during the negotiations. Now, he and other members of the PMDB in Minas Gerais are once again threatening to revive an old flirtation with the candidacy of Aécio Neves (PSDB) to succeed Dilma Rousseff. Senator Clésio Andrade, leader of the PMDB in the state, is expected to resolve the impasse.
Minas 247 - At the beginning of last July, the PMDB party in Belo Horizonte had a candidate for mayor, federal deputy Leonardo Quintão. A surprise in the previous election, in 2008, when he reached the second round against the favorite Marcio Lacerda – then supported by an unprecedented alliance between Aécio Neves' PSDB and Fernando Pimentel's PT, governor and mayor at the time – he was once again considered an underdog in the campaign. But polls consistently placed him around 10%, allowing for the possibility of reaching the second round.
Until the PT broke its alliance with Mayor Lacerda (PSB) and requested the inclusion of PMDB members in the ticket supporting Patrus Ananias. The rest is history: Patrus lost in the first round, although he surprised in the final stretch and almost forced a second round, in which he would probably have been the favorite.
But the price of this political maneuvering is starting to be paid. Quintão, who withdrew his name from the race in favor of Patrus, now doesn't even want to hear the name of Vice President Michel Temer. According to the columnist for the magazine. Veja Lauro Jardim, a federal deputy from Minas Gerais, reportedly had the guarantee, given by Temer himself, of receiving a ministry in exchange. But this will likely remain just a wish, since the trend is for the PMDB party from São Paulo to gain a ministry, probably for fellow deputy Gabriel Chalita.
The PMDB members in Minas Gerais, who were already complaining about the lack of attention given by Dilma Rousseff's government to the party's demands in the state, are once again dissatisfied. The talk is that, once again, Dilma and the PT gave absolute priority to São Paulo, neglecting Minas Gerais – it's worth remembering that Chalita was one of the most enthusiastic supporters of Fernando Haddad's candidacy in the second round of the São Paulo elections.
The practical result of the Minas Gerais PMDB's lament is already predictable: the flirtation with the presidential candidacy of Aécio Neves (PSDB), which is longstanding, has returned with force. Certainly, Temer will not remain idle and will likely call for a conversation with the party's top leader in the state, Senator Clésio Andrade. He is not Quintão himself, but he is the one who has actually been calling the shots in the Minas Gerais PMDB.