Iolando Lourenço         Reporter Agência Brasil

Brasília – After the confirmation that Pedro Novais was no longer minister of Tourism, the PMDB decided that president Dilma Rousseff could pick any one of the party’s 79 federal deputies as a substitute. The announcement of the 79 candidates to succeed Novais was confirmed by Henrique Eduardo Alves (PMDB-RN), the leader of the party in the Chamber of Deputies.

“Any name she chooses will have our approval. The name she chooses will deserve the support of the PMDB. We are nominating 79 people. The president has a clear obligation to pick one of our deputies. We expect that a name will be announced by tomorrow,” declared Alves.

The PMDB leader explained that he spoke with a few deputies and the decision was made to present a list with the names of all the PMDB deputies on it. The list was initially presented to vice president Michel Temer (a former president of the PMDB and PMDB deputy from São Paulo). Temer then delivered the list to president Dilma.

Allen Bennett – translator/editor The News in English – content modified

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