Marina Silva says Campos had always fought for his beliefs

At an interview held on Wednesday afternoon (Aug 13), Eduardo Campos’s running mate Maina Silva showed her grief over his death in a plane crash that took place late this morning. She said that Campos was actively engaged in the defense of his beliefs “all the way to the end of his life.”

Emotional, Marina offered her feelings of compassion to the family of Campos and the four advisors that were also on board, and reported that “over these ten months of working together, I learned to respect and admire him, and to trust in his actions and the values that guided him.”

Ex-Minister of the Environment, Marina joined Eduardo Campos after she unsuccessfully tried to create her own political party. While talking to journalists, she attempted not to mention the substitution of the former candidate. She described her partnership with Campos by saying: “Together, we started to build up, above all, the hope of a better and fairer world.”

Translated by Fabrício Ferreira