Governor of Rio speaks of ‘eternal gratitude’ to Bolsonaro at the inauguration ceremony of the secretariat
The governor of Rio de Janeiro, Cláudio Castro (PL), participated this Monday, 2nd, in the inauguration ceremony of his new secretariat.
In all, there will be 32 secretaries – among them, Thiago Pampolha (União Brasil), his deputy governor, who took over the Environment portfolio – who will assist him in managing the Guanabara Palace.
In his speech, the politician thanked former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) for his help in his re-election – which took place in the first round – and spoke of “eternal gratitude”. “I want to give a special thanks to my party, the Liberal Party, and to President Bolsonaro, who helped me a lot along this path. I cannot fail to acknowledge my eternal gratitude to him,” he said.
Then, Castro signaled a possible partnership with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), since there will be “new challenges that require dialogue with the federal government in the next four years”.
The re-elected governor reinforced his commitment to the population of Rio de Janeiro and reinforced that there will be a priority on the environmental agenda. Castro was criticized on social networks, last Sunday, the 1st, after going to the inauguration of the new President of the Republic in Brasília.
With information from Jovem Pan
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