Brazil elections 2022: Doria has already been warned that he will not be a presidential candidate

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The president of the Solidarity party (SD), deputy Paulinho da Força (SP), said that the PSDB party had already warned João Doria that he would not run for president of the Republic.

Da Força confirmed to the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper on Thursday (21) that the information came last Monday (18) from Congressman Aécio Neves. Former Gaucho governor Eduardo Leite also attended the meeting.

“It is true. They told me that they have already warned Doria that he will not run for president of the Republic,” Paulinho said.

According to the president of Solidarity, Aécio Neves said that this was “the only way to save the candidacy of Rodrigo Garcia (PSDB-SP) for the government of São Paulo.”

He also said that he was trying to run as a “third way” and sought the support of parties such as MDB and União Brasil.

Doria’s supporters insist that the Tucano statute prohibits Leite’s participation in the presidential bid and that his participation would be a maneuver and an internal coup.

However, the Gaucho group argues that the maneuver is possible because the other parties in the alliance are not subject to PSDB rules.

With information from Poder360

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