Brazil: Lula da Silva has more support from parties; Bolsonaro, from governors

This week, the parties begin to define their positions about the candidates in the race for the Presidential Palace in the runoff.

Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Workers’ Party – PT) has the declared support of 13 groups until Tuesday, October 4, while the president, Jair Bolsonaro (Liberal Party – PL), with 4.

Among the governors elected in the first round on Sunday, October 2, 7 aligned themselves with the current president and 4 to the PT.

Most of the support of each candidate comes from their respective coalitions.

With the PT are PCdoB, PV, Solidariedade, Polo, Rede, PSB, Agir, Avante, and Pros. The Rede-Psol coalition has positioned itself in favor of the former president official since the 1st round of pre-campaign.

Bolsonaro’s coalition comprises his party, the Progressives and the Republicans.

PSDB, PSD, Novo, and DC have positioned themselves neutrally and released their affiliates.

Some of them have already manifested themselves publicly, such as the governor of São Paulo, Rodrigo Garcia (PSDB), who will support Bolsonaro, as well as the governor-elect of Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema (Novo).

Among the defeated presidential candidates, Ciro Gomes (PDT) said, without naming names, that he would follow the positioning of his party, which aligned itself with Lula da Silva. Sofia Manzano (PCB) positioned herself in the same way.

Simone Tebet (MDB), who came in third place, has not yet manifested herself, but members of her party take her support for the PT as a certainty.

The acronym must release the regional directories to position themselves.

Soraya Thronicke (União Brasil) will not support anyone. Her party has not yet defined an official position.

GOVERNORS

In the states, Bolsonaro has on his side the governors of the three main electoral regions of the country: Cláudio Castro (PL) and Zema, reelected in the first round in Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais, respectively, and Rodrigo Garcia (PSDB), in São Paulo.

The current president has the declared support of 7 of the 15 governors elected on Sunday. Besides four others who are already in office and are running in the second round. Lula da Silva, in this scenario, has only 3 elected and 5 current governors.

Da Silva has the support of 3 governors from his party: Fátima Bezerra in Rio Grande do Norte, Rafael Fonteles in Piauí, and Elmano in Ceará. Besides them, Carlos Brandão (PSB) supports the PT in Maranhão.

With information from Poder360