From Talk with Lula to Friction with Lira: Understand How JHC, Former Mayor of Maceió, Can Generate Turnaround in the Alagoan Election

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In the midst of an attempt to re-approximate with President Lula (PT), the former mayor of Maceió João Henrique Caldas (PSDB), known as JHC, evaluates whether to withdraw from the race to the government of Alagoas to run for Senate. The guinada would avoid a clash with the Calheiros family, supported by Lula in the state — and which will have former Minister Renan Filho (MDB) as a candidate for governor — but can put him on a collision course wi…