How much longer will our colleagues in São Paulo, responsible for daily coverage of the activities of Governor Tarcísio de Freitas, accept his silence on the recently launched candidacy for the presidency of the Republic of Flávio Bolsonaro?
Tarcísio is not obliged to talk about it, but journalists must ask. Or they have in the past. There is no impossible question, there may be an awkward answer. But the problem will then come from the one who gave it, and not from the one who caused it.
Doubts about whether the genteel public will care whether Tarcísio will support Flávio’s candidacy for president and renounce his own? Never mind that in recent months he insisted he was only thinking about running for office.
From regular customers of Rua 25 de Março, Latin America’s largest popular shopping center, to shareholders of banks and companies based on Faria Lima Avenue, no one is unaware of the pressure on Tarcísio to run for Lula’s seat.
Flávio’s statement that Tarcísio would support him, as he allegedly told him, is not enough. It is not enough to recall that Tarcísio has repeatedly stated that he will respect Bolsonaro’s decision regarding the possible right-wing candidate in 2026, whatever it may be.
All of that, at this point, is in the past. The fact is the fact. But the new fact revokes the previous fact and, in turn, can be revoked by the fait accompli. The new fact is the candidacy of Flávio. Only time will tell if this will become a fait accompli.
This new fact did not prevent Ronaldo Caiado, governor of Goiás, from maintaining his candidacy for the presidency. Knowing that his party, União-Brasil, will not support him, Caiado is looking for someone else. Perhaps Solidariedade, by Paulinho da Força Sindical.
Romeu Zema, governor of Minas Gerais, has already declared that he will not abandon his candidacy for NOVO. Presidential candidates, even without the possibility of victory, help attract votes in Congress. Not always, true, but they usually help.
If he insists, with the complicity of the press, on hiding what he will do with his life, it is because Tarcísio is still thinking about running for president. March 25, I don’t know. But that’s what Faria Lima wants, good for making money, bad for politics. Fortunately.
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