Richa allegedly gave a "course" on how to attack Requião.
Governor Beto Richa's (PSDB) shock troops in the southern region of Curitiba gave a lesson to community leaders on how to "attack" Senator Roberto Requião (PMDB); according to a source who was present at the meeting, the "short course" aimed to deconstruct the image of the PMDB member who is gaining ground among voters in the capital.
Esmael's Blog - Governor Beto Richa's (PSDB) shock troops, in the southern region of Curitiba, last Friday night, gave a lesson to community leaders on how to "attack" Senator Roberto Requião (PMDB).
According to a source from Blog do Esmael, who was present at the meeting, the "short course" aimed to deconstruct the image of the PMDB member who is gaining ground with voters in the capital.
Requião is running for a fourth term in the Iguaçu Palace, and his success represents a concrete threat to the reelection of Beto Richa, a member of the PSDB party.
In the pro-PSDB course, according to the source of the Blog do Esmael, the "students" are taught that "Requião is crazy, takes Gardenal and beats his wife".
Following this, on Saturday (26), in Boca Maldita, the nerve center of politics in the capital, Richa's allies distributed leaflets against the family of the PMDB candidate.
Requião told Esmael's Blog that he will take the matter to court and the police because, according to him, documents were falsified to politically discredit him. "They are all hairless and tanned like the boss, engaging in the most shameless, sordid, and deceitful counter-propaganda."
"Tucano desperation," say PMDB members.
According to the PMDB campaign coordination, the attack on Requião amounts to "clear desperation right after the poll released by the Visão/Jornal Impacto institute" (click here).
According to the poll, Richa has 31,8% of voter preference compared to 30,6% for Roberto Requião and 17,5% for Senator Gleisi Hoffmann (PT). The margin of error for the poll is 3%.
In recent days, members of the Workers' Party (PT) and the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) have begun to consider the possibility that the PSDB candidate seeking re-election may not advance to the second round.
The Visão/Impacto survey was registered with the Regional Electoral Court of Paraná under number PR-00004/2014. The survey was conducted between July 21st and 24th and interviewed 1.067 voters.