While he has the power to decide
the candidate by decree, Gulino said he planned on «making this as transparent a process» as possible by involving the county's executive board — a process similar to how Staten Island G.O.P. chair John Antoniello settled on Donovan.
Rodrigues, a member of the opposition Rede party (led
by former presidential
candidate and environment minister Marina Silva), has proposed blocking the president's
decree, and plans to file lawsuits in Amapá and Pará to carry out the preventative measure.