‘What is given to me as a mission, I will fulfill,’ says Guimarães about being president of the PT

The Government leader in the House of Representatives, José Guimarães (PT-CE), said that the decision on his appointment to the interim presidency of the PT depends on President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the national president of the PT, Gleisi Hoffmann, currently quoted to the Ministry of the General Secretariat of the Presidency. The statements took place on Wednesday, 29, in an interview with CNN Brazil.

“Everything, going forward, has to be combined, in terms of PT, with President Gleisi and President Lula. I am a soldier of a project, ”he said. “Whatever it will be. It depends on the President and President Gleisi. What is given to me as a mission, I will fulfill it, as was the mission that was given to me at the beginning of the government that we would have to stabilize the political relationship between the executive and the legislature. ”

As the Estadão/Broadcast showed, Gleisi must be chosen to occupy the role performed today by Márcio Macêdo in the government. The announcement is expected to be made in the ministerial reform that should be announced by March.

At the political broadcast, the state group’s real -time news system, petistas reported negotiations for Guimarães to take office in place of Gleisi by the middle of the year. If you occupy the post, the deputy will have to conduct the electoral process to party president, a position for which former mayor Edinho Silva is the most quoted. Also being considered for the subtitle mandate of the subtitle Senator Humberto Costa (PT-PE).