Skaf says he will not campaign for Dilma.
Candidate for governor of São Paulo, PMDB member Paulo Skaf once again contradicts his party's guidance and denies campaigning for President Dilma Rousseff in the state: 'I will not campaign for the president. In São Paulo, the PT has a candidate for governor. The PT is my adversary, as is the PSDB'; Skaf, "for the sake of consistency," only declares his vote for Vice-President Michel Temer, but confirms his first public appearance as a candidate will be at a PMDB event alongside Dilma, in Jales (SP).
247 – Pressed by the PMDB to make room for President Dilma Rousseff on his campaign platform in São Paulo, Paulo Skaf again denied that he will campaign for the PT. 'I will not campaign for the president. In São Paulo, the PT has a candidate for governor. The PT is my adversary, just like the PSDB,' he stated.
In an interview with Globo, he also says that, "for the sake of consistency," he will only declare his vote for Dilma's vice-president, the president of the PMDB party, Michel Temer.
Skaf downplays his first public appearance as a candidate, which he will have to make alongside Dilma in Jales, in the interior of São Paulo, this Saturday: “The president is a guest, because it is a PMDB event. If it were an event for President Dilma's candidacy, as I have already said and reiterate: the PT is my adversary. I wouldn't go. At a PMDB event, which is my party, it will be natural for me to stop by.”