Raí, politicians and Olympic medalists are part of Lula’s sport transition group

Vice-president-elect Geraldo Alckmin (PSB) announced, this Monday (14), the names that will integrate the sports work group in the government’s transition team. Among them, most are former athletes, but there are also politicians allied with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT).

Among the sportsmen, for example, the ex-player and world champion with São Paulo, Raí, brother of Sócrates (1954-2011), an athlete who was part of the so-called Corinthian Democracy – a movement of athletes against the Military Dictatorship and for the Direct now.

During the Ballon d’Or award event –which elects the best player in the world–, the former São Paulo player made an L gesture, alluding to Lula. At the time, he remembered precisely his brother, who names the honor bestowed on athletes engaged in social causes.

Both Raí and Ana Moser, the first Olympic medalist in Brazilian volleyball (Atlanta-1996), who will also be part of the transition group, are directors of Atletas Pelo Brasil, an organization that works in the area of ​​public policies for sport.

“I feel honored and with great responsibility to forward the first indications and plans for Brazilian sport”, said Moser to Sheet🇧🇷

In the last week before the first round, Lula held an event with members of the sports sector. Most of the names announced this Monday were even present.

The main demand of the sector must be the recreation of the Ministry of Sport, demoted to the secretariat (within Citizenship) by Jair Bolsonaro (PL). There was an expectation that the then candidate would commit to this goal already at that meeting, which did not happen.

This Monday, Alckmin also announced the names of the education, infrastructure, youth and cities working groups.

The vice president-elect, who heads the transition committee, also stated that he will ask the government for updated deforestation data in Brazil. as showed the Sheetthe data are ready, but the Bolsonaro administration chose not to disclose them due to COP27, the UN (United Nations) climate conference that takes place until next Friday (18).

For the sport working group, Alckmin also announced the president of the Paralympic Committee of Brazil (CPB), Mizael Conrado, two-time Paralympic champion in 5-a-side football, and Verônica Hipólito, a former Paralympic athlete, silver in Rio-2016.

Among the politicians are Edinho Silva (PT), mayor of Araraquara and who coordinated communication for Lula’s campaign, José Luis Ferrarezi, former councilor for São Bernardo do Campo, and Nádia Campeão, who was vice-mayor of São Paulo in the administration by Fernando Haddad (PT), between 2013 and 2016.

Isabel Salgado, former beach volleyball player and mother of Carol Solberg (who practices the same sport and has publicly criticized Bolsonaro), and Marta Sobral, former center of the Brazilian basketball team who made history at the Olympics, were also announced. bronze in Sydney-2000 and silver in Atlanta-1996.

See names of the sport working group in the Transition Committee

• A-N-A Moserformer volleyball player
• Edinho Silvamayor of Araraquara
• Isabel Salgadoformer beach volleyball player
• Jose Luis ferraresiformer councilor for São Bernardo do Campo
• Marta Sobralformer center of the Brazilian basketball team
• Mizael Conradopresident of the Paralympic Committee of Brazil
• Nadia Championdeputy mayor of São Paulo under Fernando Haddad (PT)
• Rai Souza Vieira de Oliveiraformer Brazilian national team player
• Veronica Silva Hipólitoformer Paralympic athlete