Marina sets her D-Day: September 21st.
The Sustainability Network summit will meet today to decide whether to continue trying to obtain registration with the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) or to place the presidential candidate in another party; 90 signatures of adhesion were rejected; if the appeal is unsuccessful, Marina Silva will look for another party in time to affiliate by October 5th; this is the deadline for those who want to run in next year's elections; will she be able to keep her dream alive?
247 With less than 20 days until the deadline to submit all the requirements for registering her party, should she wish to contest the 2014 elections, Marina Silva faces a major dilemma.
The Sustainability Network already acknowledges that reaching the goal of 492 validated voter signatures by October 3rd – the date of the last session before the deadline on the 5th – is unlikely.
The party currently has just over 300 registered supporters. Its supporters expect to present another batch of 150 certified forms this Wednesday.
To reach the remaining number, the former senator is making one last move and attempting to use all her influence to pressure a maneuver in the Superior Electoral Court. As the second-placed candidate in Datafolha's presidential polls, behind only Dilma Rousseff, she blames the bureaucracy of registry offices for the delay in registration. She alleges that the 15-day deadline for analyzing signatures and the rejection rates have exceeded acceptable levels in strategic states like São Paulo.
This week, the Rede party will file an appeal with the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) requesting the validation of approximately 90 signatures that were rejected without justification. The process, which will be forwarded by the case's rapporteur minister, Laurita Vaz, to the Electoral Public Prosecutor's Office, has a ten-day deadline for analysis.
But within the party, the final decision on whether or not to continue the venture was set for September 21st; if there are no real prospects of victory at the TSE (Superior Electoral Court), the only solution will be to join another party in order to be able to contest next year's elections.