Kennedy is betting that Marina will remain neutral.
A journalist and blogger for the iG portal writes that, to preserve her political capital and maintain the narrative that she ran a clean campaign, the PSB candidate should allow her electorate to choose between Dilma Rousseff (PT) and Aécio Neves (PSDB) if she doesn't make it to the second round; hurt and emotionally shaken, the former senator acknowledged the blows from the harsh attacks launched by her former colleagues; but she also doesn't forgive the Minas Gerais politician for endorsing the PT's accusations against her.
247 - In order to preserve her political capital for future contests, candidate Marina Silva (PSB) is likely to remain neutral in the second round of elections if she doesn't make it there. She will emphasize that she ran a clean campaign and allow her electorate to choose between Dilma Rousseff (PT) and Aécio Neves. This opinion comes from journalist Kennedy Alencar, published in his column. blog on the iG portal.
Marina's biggest grievance, the journalist writes, is with the PT (Workers' Party). She considers herself unfairly attacked by Dilma's campaign. "In fact, the PT committed an injustice when it linked Marina Silva to Fernando Collor and Jânio Quadros. Marina's biography, with its history in the PT, is nothing like that of Collor or Jânio. The so-called difficulty in gathering a majority to govern was used against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the past," Kennedy believes.
More than the fatigue from the campaign, which resulted in weak performances in the last two televised debates (Record and Globo), Marina was emotionally shaken. She did not expect such an aggressive campaign from her former colleagues. The PT's hand, says Keneddy, weighed against the Acrean candidate even more heavily than it had been against the PSDB candidates Geraldo Alckmin and José Serra.
The PT's attacks could push Marina towards supporting Aécio. But the senator from Minas Gerais was also quite aggressive. "The former senator also felt offended by Aécio Neves (PSDB), as she made a point of noting in the Globo debate, when the PSDB candidate mentioned attacks by President Dilma Rousseff against her."