"I'll be the first to leave" the BMD, says Simone about Renan's threat – Politics

Simone Tebet, Senator of South Mato Grosso, commented on the alleged intention of Renan Calheiros, former Speaker of the Senate and his counterpart in the MDB, to exclude him from the party after showing his support and voting in Davi Alcolumbre (DEM-AP) for the presidency of the Senate. In a note, Simone made it clear that if her decision not to support Renan, who wanted to be re-elected, "would mean expulsion," she would ask to leave.

"If the MDB, my party denies not only the past, but everything contrary to what the past says, but wants to make it a little party, then I will not be expelled, I will ask to leave, because I will no longer find in him the ideals of Ulysses Guimarães, Tancredo Neves, Pedro Simon, "I do not stay in a party that has only democracy or democracy in its name, democracy is done in the difference, not in the absolute. "

The Senator used to criticize the criticism of his decision, if for having voted against Renan Calheiros, to have created the structure to guarantee the victory of Davi Alcolumbre to the presidency of the Senate means that the expulsion of MDB is useless, I will not have to worry about it, I will be the first to leave, "said senator

supposed threat of Renan Calheiros was announced by Folha de São Paulo, in the afternoon of Saturday (2). According to the newspaper, the party mate was reportedly dissatisfied with the opposition of his counterpart to his candidacy for the presidency of the Senate, Renan having managed to join the caciques of the party who wishes the expulsion of Simone Tebet.

Old Case – The conflict between the two BMD senators began at the nomination stage of the party candidate who was to run for president. Simone articulated the publication of various names for the succession of the Senate in an "anti-Renan" front, emphasizing that the Alagoan parliamentarian presided over the House four times and was the target of several denunciations, which even leads to the resignation. Nevertheless, Renan won the domestic conflict by 7 votes against 5.