Alckmin, who supported the coup that destroyed the country, says that Temer is the PT's fault.

247 - After supporting the 2016 parliamentary coup and the government program that left more than 13 million unemployed, handed over the pre-salt oil reserves to international oil companies, and suppressed social and labor rights, the PSDB's pre-candidate for the Presidency, former governor Geraldo Alckmin, tried to distance himself from Michel Temer's government. "We are not going to discuss the Temer government. I didn't choose Temer to be vice-president, the PT did. They are the ones responsible," Alckmin stated in an interview with the Metrópoles portal.

The MDB, which had Temer as vice-president to the deposed president Dilma Rousseff, was supported by the PSDB in 2016 so that the then president of the Chamber of Deputies, Eduardo Cunha (MDB-RJ) – who was later arrested and had his mandate revoked as part of Operation Lava Jato – could open the impeachment process. The PSDB also supported projects of interest to the Temer government and has occupied several ministries since then.

Despite denying that he will defend the "legacy" left by Temer and that he is not seeking the support of the MDB for his candidacy because the party already has former minister Henrique Meirelles as a candidate, Alckmin and the PSDB are aiming for a possible rapprochement between the parties, since the MDB candidate has only 1% of the voting intentions.

"We are not discussing this with the MDB, especially since they have their own candidate. We will try to form an alliance with those who do not have a presidential candidate. Those who do, we will respect," he said. "That is not up for discussion," he added.