According to Campos, Rollemberg opposes the mini-electoral reform.
The leader of the PSB in the Senate warned that he will vote against the proposal by Senator Romero Jucá (PMDB-RR) because it "aims to prevent the governor of Pernambuco" from becoming well-known. This statement was interpreted in Brasília as confirmation that Campos will indeed be a presidential candidate. If the measure is approved by the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies by September, it will be valid for the 2014 elections.
247 - Planned to take effect in the 2014 elections, the proposed mini-electoral reform (PLS 441/2012) drafted by Senator Romero Jucá (PMDB-RR) will be voted on this Wednesday by the Constitution, Justice and Citizenship Committee (CCJ). A request for collective review postponed the vote until next week, but one of the controversial points has already been eliminated by the substitute bill from the rapporteur, Senator Valdir Raupp (PMDB-RO): the reduction of the campaign period by one month.
Jucá intended to move both the start of the campaign and the start of the electoral propaganda from July 5th – the deadline set by the Electoral Law (Law 9.504/1997) – to August 5th. Raupp did not consider it "convenient" to reduce the campaign period "without a more in-depth debate on the subject" and proposed July 7th as an alternative date. The prospect of a 30-day cut was the subject of protests at the CCJ meeting.
Senators Rodrigo Rollemberg (PSB-DF) and Aécio Neves (PSDB-MG) were among those who rejected the measure. Aécio argued that any reduction in this time would favor "holders of elected office, regardless of whether or not they use their mandate for electoral purposes."
Rollemberg says the proposal aims to prevent Eduardo Campos, the governor of Pernambuco, from becoming well-known. Read the statement from... Vera Magalhães, from Painel, Folha:
Squire Even before Eduardo Campos (PSB) and Aécio Neves (PSDB) sealed a pact against the item in the mini-electoral reform that shortens campaigns, the PSB leader in the Senate, Rodrigo Rollemberg (DF), had already warned that he would vote against the measure.
Freudian slip In the meeting where he announced his position, Rollemberg said that the smaller campaign aimed to prevent Campos from becoming well-known. The other senators understood the statement as confirmation that the governor of Pernambuco will be a presidential candidate.