Reinaldo says that, with Marina, Freire would be "Queen of England" in the PPS.

I was right. I wrote this on Friday. Marina Silva was giving hints that she was orchestrating her candidacy. A small fragment of her speech suggested this: she stated that what would define her choice would be the need to break with the logic of "opposition for opposition's sake" and "government for the sake of governance." This, in fact, doesn't exist, but here's Marina. Besides, there would be no reason to postpone the decision by a day if she were truly determined not to run.

Marina's group is discussing with PPS leaders this Saturday morning in Brasília the possibility of her running for president under the party's banner. This is according to reports... EstadãoAccording to a report by Andreza Matais and Eduardo Bresciani, the two groups could stage explicit scenes of political surrealism. I don't believe there's any error in the reporting. The Rede group is indeed capable of thinking up exotic ideas. The question is whether the PPS, which is small but possesses great courage, will submit. What is being reported characterizes what would be a kind of invasion. We shall see.

1 – Vice-presidency of the PPS and independent candidacy
The group believes Marina should be the party's vice-president—at least, as I understand it, for the duration of their relationship. Marina would be the party's candidate, but the PPS would have no influence on the campaign. She would have autonomy to make her own decisions.

2 - Businesspeople involved in the "project" want to run for office.
Marina, as we know, presents herself as the most independent politician in Brazil, but she's from this planet, not another (even if some doubt it). The report says that city councilman and businessman Ricardo Young, from the PPS party in São Paulo, informed her that the, let's say, business core of the Rede party wants her to run under another party's banner. Besides Young, Guilherme Leal from Natura and executives from Banco Itaú think this way. The report states: "She was told that it wouldn't be possible to abandon a project that has had so much support, including financial support, throughout its creation of Rede." I understand.

3 – Marina was convinced, but decided to wait.
Marina was reportedly convinced by this strong argument—the business one. She postponed the decision because she preferred to choose the party first. This same group from the financial core reportedly recommended the PPS because they consider the party to be programmatic and well-structured.

4 – Network divided between “dreamers” and pragmatists
There were more reasons for hesitation: the true supporters, the faithful ones, are against the candidacy under another party's banner. Besides the financial core, professional politicians from other parties want the candidacy—after all, they themselves could find themselves in a difficult situation. Alfredo Sirkis (PV), Miro Teixeira (former PDT), and Walter Feldman (former PSDB) are in this group. The fact is that what gives Rede its mystique is this other, more militant group.

5 – Such a “progressive consensus”
The Estadão newspaper report provides interesting information about consultation and decision-making methods. The Rede party adopted a so-called "progressive consensus": decisions must be made by consensus. And how is this done? Well, by debating, debating, debating, and… debating some more. The meeting in the early hours of Thursday to Friday to decide which course to take lasted… six hours. This smells like torture to me. Supporters of Marina Silva scattered throughout Brazil were heard via videoconference. It seems that the majority do not want the candidacy. It was in this meeting that Sirkis clashed with Marina Silva, which led him to write a…ventMarina calls this "sustainable management of ideas." Cool... If she's elected president, I hope she learns to make decisions by majority vote...

Is that really the case?
I have no doubt about the investigation, I reiterate. I think part of the Network would really like it to be this way. What's strange is that the PPS might accept the arrangement if it's as reported. It seems to me that Congressman Roberto Freire (SP), who heads the party, would prefer to remain "Freire of the PPS" rather than be the King of England, even if the throne were offered to him. According to a report by Sheet This Saturday, Freire himself offered Marina an independent candidacy. If that's the case, then he's willing to be the Queen of England within the PPS party. Obvious question: is this "new politics"?

Furthermore, there are other delicate issues. How would the seats for the Chamber of Deputies be distributed? A little for each group? As soon as Rede obtains registration, will the PPS dissolve into the new party? Will it maintain its identity? In the latter case, I suppose that any potential Marine-aligned deputies would later migrate to Rede.

Without a prospect of a future merger, what sense would that make for the PPS? I haven't the slightest idea. I keep thinking: Marina Silva and Roberto Freire in a single party would only increase the astonishing ideological diversity that already exists today. Considering that the decision-making method is the so-called "progressive consensus," a decision there could take longer than the Council of Trent, which lasted from 1545 to 1563…