Ex-President Lula da Silva passes to his Deputy, Fernando Haddad. The political scientist has great chances to be Brazil’s new President. He is not even in the own party is particularly popular.
And suddenly President? Fernando Haddad is actually on 1. January 2019, the long-drawn-ramp to the Planalto Palace below in Brasilia, to take the presidential sash in reception, so this would be another of Ex-President Lula da Silva finished miracle. In 2010, Lula had heaved his successor Dilma Rousseff, a politically inexperienced Technokratin, into the office. Now, it might be possible for him with the unhappy acting Haddad. Because not once in two years, botched Haddad, the then mayor of São Paulo, without a whimper of his re-election. With only 16.7 percent of the votes, the “Paulistanos punished from him.”
But Haddad is the “last of the Mohicans” in Lula’s workers ‘ party, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT). All of the other possible successors are involved either in corruption scandals, or from the party. Lula himself is more popular, between 30 and 40 per cent would vote for him. Manages Haddad in the three weeks up to the election, to draw a large part of Lula’s voice and potential, could be from the failure of the mayor, in fact, the triumphant President.
From the outsider as President
After his sound defeat in São Paulo, the son of Lebanese immigrants, it was noticed, especially by critical reflections on the errors of his own party. During the 13-year reign (2003-2016) in the Federal were able to rise millions of poor Brazilians social. Haddad had as Minister of education under Lula and Dilma (2005-2012). However, the involvement in the corruption scandals of the last few years the party has taken its most important discourse – the ethical renewal of the corrupt political establishment. You have to put up with your mistakes apart, called Haddad in Interviews and Newspaper articles.
Many of his party friends didn’t like it. Even Haddad is in the PT as an outsider. He belongs to the intra-party flow “Mensagem ao Partido”, which is headed by former party chief Tarso Genro, and the entry for an ethical renewal of the party. The dominant is contrary to the end of the party flow, “Construindo um novo Brasil”, also belongs to Lula. After the Impeachment of Ex-President Dilma Rousseff in the middle of 2016 this flow relies on a populist approach. The PT had been the victim of a coup, including the conviction of Lula to twelve years in prison.
In January, an appeals court had confirmed Lula’s conviction for money laundering and corruption, since the beginning of April, Lula sits in prison. Until recently, prosecutors had tried to Lula as a candidate. Supposedly, the Ex-President had flirted even with the idea to Boycott the elections. He now makes Haddad the way, is likely to pain Lula more than his imprisonment. For now, his Mantra is that “elections are a fraud without a Lula”.
In The Spotlight
Haddad, so far, the role was assigned, Lula’s reading in prison, wrote letters, now needs to travel quickly all over Brazil. Because he is known only in São Paulo. In the poor northeast, where the PT has the highest approval, the 55-Year-old, allegedly only as “Andrade”. To be complicated Lebanese Name kling.
In addition, Haddad has to discard its Image as “to tranquilão”. During his tenure as mayor of São Paulo and his team of consultants had shown him as “the great,”. Haddad played guitar, rode my Bicycle or the Bus to work and was never out of the rest. His political opponents, he treated always with respect. His idea, São Paulo, with bike paths to pull this off, brought him a green Image, cost him approval. Because bike paths are valid in the auto city of São Paulo as a mortal sin.
Realpolitik instead of political science
Haddad was too cerebral, too intellectual, so the intra-party criticism. While Lula was shaped by his Union time to the tribune of the people, spent Haddad his life so far, mainly in lecture halls. He has degrees in law, Economics, and a PhD in philosophy. His focus is on German thinkers such as Karl Marx and Jürgen Habermas, the Frankfurt school is his passion. In addition, he has published studies to socialism and the Soviet Union. Now, he has to discard the Uni-teachers, and passion. Realpolitik instead of political science.
Second place, behind the ultra-right-wing candidate Jair Messias Bolsonaro, seems to be on the first ballot at the 7. October realistic. In the runoff three weeks later, Haddad would be given the high unpopularity of values of Bolsonaro then favorite. The really difficult task awaits him in the presidency. He can step out of Lula’s mighty shadow, or he is whose puppet? Is Lula reign with Haddads help from the stick out? In addition, it should be from day One of his presidency the pressure on Haddad immensely to pardon Lula. With each passing day, the Lula remains his political son and Haddad in custody, will be the intra-party tensions in the PT of intolerable. Not a good Omen for the presidency of Fernando Haddad.