Cunningly, Marina uses Época magazine to ensnare the toucans.
On the cover of Globo's weekly magazine, Marina Silva says she has great appreciation for Armínio Fraga, announced as Aécio Neves's Minister of Finance in a potential PSDB government; with this gesture, she attempts to prevent the exodus of voters and also to win the strategic vote of the PSDB members, who see her as a plan B; "I have great respect for Armínio. He made a great contribution to this country," she said about the former president of the Central Bank under FHC; regarding a possible alliance with the PSDB in the second round, she dodges the question: "It would be arrogant of me to already consider myself a sure thing in the second round."
247 - Candidate Marina Silva, featured on the cover of Globo's Época magazine this weekend, is using the interview to win over the strategic vote of the PSDB party, which sees her as a Plan B. In an interview with journalists Aline Ribeiro and Guilherme Evelin, the PSB presidential candidate praises former Central Bank president during the FHC administration, Armínio Fraga, who has been announced as the Finance Minister for candidate Aécio Neves, should he be elected. "I have great respect for Armínio. He made a great contribution to this country."
When asked if she would choose Armínio to be her Finance Minister, Marina replied: "I have a team of serious and competent economists who work in the market, have government experience, and have a republican mindset. My government will have room for the good experiences of the PT and PSDB parties, you can be sure of that. The profile of my Finance Minister will be someone who recovers the three pillars of economic stability in Brazil."
Regarding a possible alliance with the PSDB in the second round, Marina dodges the question – "we will discuss the second round in the second round" – but leaves open the possibility of an agreement with the PSDB: "Any alliance we make will be a programmatic alliance." She recounts that when Aécio tried to treat her and Eduardo Campos as auxiliary forces in his campaign, she and her former running mate, who tragically died in August, reacted.
"I will not do what I criticized. Aécio is a candidate until October 5th. It would be arrogant of me to already consider myself a sure thing for the second round. To get to the second round with this savage marketing, against which there are no arguments, I have to keep working morning, noon and night, so that the discernment of Brazilian society prevails," he says, referring to the criticism he has received from the PT and President Dilma Rousseff.
Marina also believes she has an eternal bond with Lula. Repeating that the former Workers' Party president "already faced" what she "faces today," in relation to attacks from the PT, she states: "This part of our history may make me never lose this bond with him." Reiterating that she will govern with the best people, she says she will do "everything to avoid all the bad things that happened during the PT and PSDB governments." The candidate reaffirmed that she will maintain the Bolsa Família program and took the opportunity to criticize Dilma's government: "You know what we won't keep? The Bolsa Empresário program."