Former Rio de Janeiro Governor Anthony Garotinho, from the Republicanos party, avoided declaring support for any candidate in the presidential election during an interview with GLOBO, CBN, and Valor on Thursday. When asked about his position in the race for the presidential palace, he dodged the question and said that both President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro (PL) are possible options.
Garotinho criticized both leading candidates and said that neither of them presents proposals to address social inequality in Brazil. According to him, the Brazilian problem lies in income concentration caused by the financial system and the high interest rate policy, issues that, according to the former governor, are not addressed by either of the two candidates.
The former Rio governor declared that the presidential election does not "excite" him, but assured that he does not intend to cast a blank vote and that he will vote for someone. During the interview, he began comparing the trajectories of Bolsonaro and Lula, but the sentence was cut off in the available portion of the article.
