"The Workers' Party (PT) should have withdrawn Campos' candidacy."

PE_247 - The Workers' Party (PT) should intensify its attacks against the governor of Pernambuco and potential presidential candidate for the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), Eduardo Campos. According to columnist Vera Magalhães of Folha de São Paulo, former minister José Dirceu (PT) reportedly said that the Workers' Party "should have worked to derail Campos' candidacy before it even took off, and that now it's too late," she published. According to her, Dirceu also observed that no party, not even the PMDB, will fully support President Dilma Rousseff's (PT) reelection campaign. The former minister's statements were allegedly made during a dinner with business leaders in Rio de Janeiro.

With the temperature rising due to the elections, the PT (Workers' Party) is expected to exploit what it considers ingratitude and betrayal on the part of the PSB (Brazilian Socialist Party), referring to the party's attempt to launch itself towards the presidency. In this vein, the speech given by President Dilma during the inauguration of the first section of a water pipeline in Serra Talhada, in the interior of Pernambuco, makes sense. On that occasion, Dilma listed the investments and projects that boosted the state's economy, in addition to demanding – albeit lightly – loyalty from allies, in a reference directed at the socialist party.

See the columnist's note here:

''At a recent dinner with business leaders in Rio, José Dirceu said that the PT (Workers' Party) should have worked to thwart Campos' candidacy before it even took off, and that now it was too late.

The former minister, convicted in the Mensalão scandal, also predicted that no party, not even the PMDB, will fully support Dilma's reelection. They will all likely be divided on the campaign trail.

In their private meeting on Tuesday in Brasília, Senator Pedro Simon (RS) presented Campos with a book. The PSB member was very pleased with the content of the conversation with the PMDB dissident.''