Erundina will be Haddad's running mate in São Paulo.

247 - The PSB offered the name of former mayor and congresswoman Luiza Erundina to occupy the vice-presidential position on the ticket of the PT's pre-candidate for mayor of São Paulo, Fernando Haddad. According to the newspaper The State of São PauloThe Workers' Party (PT) accepted the parliamentarian's name -- the Estadão article was... replicated by the national president of the PTRui Falcão, on his website. The expectation is that the announcement of the partnership with Erundina will be made next Friday.

Erundina had been approached by the governor of Pernambuco and national president of the PSB, Eduardo Campos, 13 days ago and had accepted the mission. But the 'yes' was conditional on consensus between the PT and PSB. The PT was still awaiting a final conversation between Erundina and the PSB leadership later today in Brasília. Before making a final decision, the PSB is seeking to reduce the resistance from the São Paulo wing of the party to the choice -- the federal deputy is not linked to the group of the PSB's state president, Márcio França, who worked for the alliance with the PSDB.

"It's the national board that's conducting the discussion," the congresswoman told Estado de S.Paulo. "There's still no basis or foundation for me to comment on this issue," she said. When asked if she would be Haddad's running mate, the former mayor said: "I haven't stopped to think about that yet." But Haddad already praised the congresswoman this Wednesday. "Luiza is a party woman, she has a lot of respect from the PT militants. She has a tradition in social struggle and an unquestionable ethical standard. She is closer to us, to my honor," said the former Minister of Education.