The PT has already chosen its team. And now, Aécio?

247 - The PT has signaled its intention to re-elect its president, Rui Falcão, for another term. The "Building a New Brazil" faction, which holds a majority within the party, unanimously approved Falcão's name, a decision that will be definitively made in the party's elections in October of this year.read moreThis move indicates cohesion within a party that has had no shortage of reasons for division in recent months – just ask those convicted in the Mensalão trial – and should put a little more pressure on Senator and presidential pre-candidate Aécio Neves (PSDB-MG).

A column by Ilimar Franco The edition of 'O Globo' this Friday reports that when Aécio returns from vacation in the coming days, his fellow members of the PSDB party are expected to intensify pressure on him to accept the presidency of the party, starting at the convention in May. And not only that: Aécio would also have to clearly assume the presidential candidacy – something he has been reluctant to do since the party's national president, Sergio Guerra, and former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso launched his name for the position – and promote efforts to broaden the opposition's reach.

The problem is that Aécio has doubts about the advisability of becoming president of the party, because, as the main leader of the PSDB, the senator would have to, from now on, get involved in all the controversial issues against the Dilma government. An example of the work that would be expected of him is the statement that Sergio Guerra released this week, harshly criticizing the pronouncement in which President Dilma Rousseff announced the reduction in energy bills.

Would having to take such a strong stance now benefit the future candidacy of the PSDB candidate? That's the question keeping Aécio in the same place. But the time when he will have to make decisions about his future presidential candidacy is approaching. And now, Aécio?