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Former Minister of Civil Affairs José Dirceu told officials of the PT Bahia that the former state governor Jaques Wagner was a "name ready to stand for president of the Republic "in the elections of 2018. The statement, reported to the report Everaldo Anunciação, party chairman in Bahia, arrived in Ilheus, where Dirceu stayed a week, between July 15 and 22.
Dirceu's visit to the coastal region of southern Bahia was articulated by PT leaders. He made the trip between Brasilia and Ilheus by car, according to Anunciação, and stayed at the businessman Nilton Cruz, affiliated with legend and owner of Amazon Bahia, one of the biggest cocoa buyers in the region.
Beyond Everaldo Annuncio, also visited Dirceu in Ilhéus two former presidents of the PT Bahia, Jonas Paulo and Josias Gomes, as well as the state representative Rosemberg Pinto, party leader in the Legislative Assembly . At the meeting, said Mr. Anunciação, Mr. Dirceu spoke about the party's strategy of registering the candidacy of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, sentenced in second instance and arrested at the time of the Operation Lava Jato. The former minister however said that Jaques Wagner was a good substitute for the head of the PT, in case of contesting the candidacy by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
"The PT should follow the whole strategy and the decision to replace Lula, if need be, goes through Lula himself," said the chairman of the PT Bahia.According to the official, Dirceu said that "Wagner has the capacity, the belt, the administrative experience" and quoted his legacy in Bahia, where he was able to elect his successor, the current governor Rui Costa, to the first turn
after being released by an injunction granted by the second panel of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), José Dirceu "is very well physically and mentally," said Everaldo Anunciação. "For a 70-year-old man, he he is still thinking about politics, "he said.The former minister was sentenced to 30 years and 9 months in prison for active bribery, money laundering offenses and criminal organization.
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