Salles calls Marina and Tebet 'outsiders' and Tarcísio's candidate a 'pupil of Valdemar'

Federal deputy and pre-candidate for the Senate in São Paulo, Ricardo Salles, launched sharp criticisms against former ministers Simone Tebet and Marina Silva, labeling them as 'outsiders' who lack understanding of São Paulo and are running for office purely out of opportunism. Salles also targeted André do Prado, the president of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo, referring to him as a 'pupil' of Valdemar Costa Neto, a key figure in Brazilian politics.

Speaking at the National Meeting of the Novo Party in São Paulo, Salles directed his attacks not only at political rivals but also at the Centrão bloc, a powerful group of parties in Congress. He accused the Centrão of widespread corruption, stating that wherever they intervene, corruption follows. Salles characterized the current political landscape as a "vorcarization of Brazilian politics," implying a decline in ideological principles and values.

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pupil of Valdemar Costa Neto, the protégé of Valdemar Costa Neto, the figure who represents completely and utterly all the evils - absence of ideological stance, of principles, of values - that the centrão represents, which is André do Prado

While defending his own tenure in the Bolsonaro administration, Salles voiced concerns about the alliances being formed by the PL party, particularly with the Centrão. He suggested that the right wing of politics is compromising itself by supporting certain candidates. Salles's speech underscored a deep division within the political right, highlighting tensions between different factions and their strategic alliances ahead of the upcoming elections.

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Wherever the Centrão puts its hand, there is corruption. And they are all there, the owners of the parties, who are truly the great orchestrators of the corruption schemes we are seeing.