Valdemar da Costa Neto and Giovani Cherini Vinicius Nunes/Agência F8/Estadão Conteúdo; Bruno Spada/Chamber of Deputies After friction between the command of PL Rio Grande do Sul and candidates from parties that make up Luciano Zucco's coalition in the elections for the government of Rio Grande do Sul, the party's national president, Valdemar da Costa Neto, intervened to release support for allied candidacies. Valdemar allowed the so-called ‘doubles’ of PL candidates with candidates from other parties. The 'double' is when candidates for state and federal deputy campaign together, asking for votes respectively for the Legislative Assembly and the Chamber of Deputies. ? Access the g1 RS channel on WhatsApp Initially, the state president of PL Rio Grande do Sul, federal deputy Giovani Cherini, had vetoed this possibility. "All members, party leaders, councilors, vice-mayors and those rejected by the PL must support candidates from the Liberal Party", he wrote, in a statement addressed to members of the party. In the text, Cherini recalls that there are no more coalitions in proportional elections. In 2017, the National Congress approved the end of party coalitions in elections for the Legislature. "Therefore, if you are from the PL, support candidates for state deputy and federal deputy from the Liberal Party", highlighted the leader.
After friction in RS, Valdemar da Costa Neto releases support from PL candidates to allies from other parties
Valdemar da Costa Neto and Giovani Cherini Vinicius Nunes/Agência F8/Estadão Conteúdo; Bruno Spada/Chamber of Deputies After friction between the command of PL Rio Grande do Sul and candidates from parties that make up...
Valdemar had to intervene in the situation. He issued an official note, on letterhead with the PL symbol and signature, authorizing 'doubles' with allies. "We understand that these partnerships can — and should — be extended to proportional doubles between all parties that are part of this same political project", states the provision. "In this way, we communicate that our candidates are authorized to double up with candidates for federal deputy and state deputy from allied parties that support our candidates for state government and the Federal Senate", determined Valdemar. In Rio Grande do Sul, Zucco is running for governor with Silvana Covatti (PP) as vice candidate and Marcel van Hattem (Novo) and Ubiratan Sanderson (PL) running for the Senate. The PL coalition has PP, Novo, Republicans, Podemos, Democrat, and DC. Read the statements Note from Valdemar Costa Neto: Statement from Valdemar da Costa Neto that releases support from PL candidates to allies in RS Reproduction Note from Giovani Cherini: Note from Giovani Cherini that vetoes support from PL candidates to allies in RS Reproduction VIDEOS: Everything about RS
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