Walfrido leads Dilma's campaign in Minas Gerais.
Former minister Walfrido dos Mares Guia's main mission is to bridge the gap between the business sector and the Workers' Party administration: "For about a year now, I've been talking every week with businesspeople of all kinds in Minas Gerais and throughout Brazil. I feel that there are people in favor of the government, people radically against it, others radically in favor, and some people have an aversion, especially at this higher level, almost anger towards the Workers' Party."
247 - Former minister Walfrido dos Mares Guia has taken over the structure of President Dilma Rousseff's reelection campaign in Minas Gerais, a political stronghold of presidential candidate Aécio Neves (PSDB).
His main mission is to bridge the gap between the business sector and the PT administration. "For about a year now, I've been talking every week with businesspeople of all kinds in Minas Gerais and throughout Brazil. I feel that there are people in favor of the government, people radically against it, others radically in favor, and some people have an aversion, especially at this higher level, almost anger towards the PT," he stated in an interview with Valor (read more). here).
A close friend of Lula, he recently escaped prosecution in the "mensalão tucano" scandal upon turning 70. Walfrido dos Mares Guia will no longer face charges of embezzlement and money laundering in the scheme to divert money from companies to finance the reelection campaign of then-governor Eduardo Azeredo in 1998. The case also involved Marcos Valério, convicted and imprisoned in 2013 for the so-called "mensalão" scandal involving the PT party in 2005.