Alckmin boycotts Cardozo, who takes a jab at Alckmin.
The Minister of Justice releases funds and equipment for municipalities in São Paulo, but the governor does not attend the ceremony; the two may meet as adversaries in the 2014 state government elections; "The State is stronger than organized crime. It is only not when the powers and institutions do not unite," Cardozo declared.
247 - The good understanding that the PSDB governor Geraldo Alckmin maintains with the PT mayor Fernando Haddad in São Paulo is limited to that circle. On the morning of Friday the 24th, it became clear that there is no longer any point of unity with the PT. Alckmin failed to attend a ceremony at the Public Security Secretariat in which the Minister of Justice, José Eduardo Martins Cardozo, signed agreements for the distribution of funds and vehicles to São Paulo municipalities within the federal program "Crack, It's Possible to Overcome".
Cardozo, as one might expect, was irritated by the absence of Alckmin and the secretaries from areas related to the fight against drugs. For him, this gesture constituted a veritable boycott.
"The state is stronger than organized crime," the minister said. "It's only not stronger when the branches of government and institutions don't unite."
One of the T's (T's) pre-candidates for governor of São Paulo, the minister may face Alckmin himself in 2014, which explains the governor's absence today at the event where Cardozo shone.