Lula's campaign seeks support from Cury, PSD and MDB for second round against Flávio Bolsonaro

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)'s campaign has as priority objectives for a possible second round against Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) to obtain the support of Augusto Cury (Avante) and significant portions of PSD and MDB.

The president's allies believe that they need to act quickly to respond to the voting declarations that Flávio will probably receive in less than 24 hours from Romeu Zema (Novo) and Ronaldo Caiado (PSD).

To counter this, Lula is organizing a meeting with congressmen and allied governors on Monday (5) or Tuesday (6).

The president's emissaries have already sought out Cury, who in the past was a kind of advisor to Marina Silva. PT members in Minas Gerais have a good relationship with former deputy Júlio Delgado, the writer's deputy.

In the case of the PSD, the main targets are governors Eduardo Leite (RS) and Raquel Lyra (PE). Some Lulistas think it is viable to obtain support, or at least guarantee neutrality, from Ratinho Jr. (PR) and the president of the party and Caiado's vice president, Gilberto Kassab.

Regarding the MDB, governors Ricardo Ferraço (ES) and Daniel Vilela (GO) are mentioned as possible supporters in the second round, both facing Bolsonarist opponents.

Everything will depend, in the view of a member of the presidential campaign, on the result of the first round. The closer Lula gets to 50%, the easier it will be to work with "pragmatic" party leaders.