Cardoso discusses PSDB-PMDB alliance for October elections

04/04/2002 - 23h32

Brasília, 5 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - Yesterday president Fernando Henrique Cardoso met with the leaders of the PSDB and PMDB parties for talks on an alliance for the elections in October of this year. After the meeting, deputy Michel Temer (PMDB-SP), president of the PMDB, said the alliance had been strengthened because both parties will unite their programs around the candidacy of Jose Serra (PSDB-SP).

Jose Anibal (PSDB-SP), president of the PSDB, said that they wanted to expand the alliance to include other parties, "including parties that were formerly in the alliance." (AB)