When asked by Lusa, Michel Temer replied: “If there is another option, you break the polarisation.” “I confess I consider it challenging, but it would be extremely useful if someone were to come to the electorate and propose policies because, instead of choosing names, you choose policies.
I think that is the ideal approach,” said the Brazilian head of state between 2016 and 2018, on the sidelines of the first day of the 14th Lisbon Forum at the Aula Magna, which is hosting senior representatives from the Brazilian judicial, political and economic spheres, as well as from Portugal and other countries until Wednesday.
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Asked whether he would support any candidate, Michel Temer was categorical: “Ask me in September.” The 4 October elections in Brazil are expected to present a scenario as polarised and hotly contested as that of 2018, with President Lula da Silva seeking re-election for a fourth term. Lula da Silva is expected to face Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, as his main opponent.
The former governor of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado, of the centre-right Social Democratic Party; the former governor of Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema; and Renan Santos (founder of the Free Brazil Movement, MBL), amongst others, have also announced their candidacy for the presidential election.
