Does Bolsonaro want Renan to be a candidate for the presidency of the Senate?

The Jair Bolsonaro government is trying to keep Senator Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL) a rival candidate for the presidential race of the Senate. The strategy aims to use the emedebista rejection in the public opinion to reinforce a more compliant candidacy to the Palace of Plbadto, which would be clbadified in the category "anti-Renan".

The operation was launched on Monday. The Minister of the Civil House, Onyx Lorenzoni (DEM), who tries to conceal his co-religionist, Senator Davi Alcolumbre (DEM-AP). Onyx sent congressman Leonardo Quintão (MDB-MG) as an emissary to convince the president of the MDB in the Senate, Simone Tebet (MS), to give up the start of the conflict and leave the way open to Renan. In return, he was offered the presidency of a major commission in the House.

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However, this strategy was deemed disastrous by the summit of the multilateral development banks. On Tuesday, Simone reaffirmed that she would be a candidate and suggested "interference" on the part of the government. "I think there is a noise of interference from the Civil Chamber here in the Senate, and that is one of the reasons I understood that I had to submit my request: to see if the government was really attacking the MDB According to the information and comments that I received, it is not the government, but the DEM that wants to challenge (the presidency of the Senate), "she said.

For the senator, the BMD has the right to exercise the presidency of the Senate while elected the largest bench in the House. He also suggests that if the DEM and Onyx decide not to respect this rule, the party may compromise the vote on important reforms, such as Social Security.

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This maneuver created a certain discomfort, even for the elected Senator Major Olímpio (PSL-SP), who also applied. "This causes embarrbadment (interference) because the one who speaks by the Bolsonaro government is the president." He said, "I will not interfere in the process, in the elections, nor in the House or Senate, "said Olimpio.

Renan said that this did not mean that the administration of Bolsonaro considered him an enemy.In his words, there are" several governments. "The house did not comment on it