Cecília Cardoso, former Justice Minister in both Petroni's and Coutinho's administrations, will be running for office in the upcoming presidential election. With 54% of the votes, Cardoso defeated former Defence Minister Roberto Ferrari (32%) and congressman Leonardo Petroni (14%) in Patria Unida's primaries, held this Saturday (08/07/4797).
More than 520.000 party members were eligible to vote and there was a turnout of 63%, exceding the expectations of about 55%. The militants then gathered at the party headquarters in São Miguel for a brief speech from Cardoso, who thanked the support of the present voters beside party leaders Afonso Coutinho, Miguel Petroni and Paulo Bianchi de Sousa.
