Political party in Brazil
The
Brazilian Labour Renewal Party
(
Portuguese
:
Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro
, PRTB) is a
conservative
Brazilian political party
. It was founded in 1994 and its electoral number is 28.
[15]
According to the party's official website, the PRTB's main ideology is
participatory economics
: "to establish an
economic system
based on
participatory decision making
as the primary economic mechanism for allocation in society".
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Overview
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It comes from members of the extinct
Renovator Labour Party
, a party that functioned between 1985 and 1993, which had merged with the
Social Labour Party
, originating the
Progressive Party
. This group, led by Levy Fidelix, had already tried to organize the PTRB, which only ran in the 1994 elections.
During the
1998 Brazilian general election
, Fernando Collor de Mello decided to run again for the office of
President of Brazil
for the same party that elected him in 1989: the National Reconstruction Party (PRN), now the
Christian Labour Party
(PTC). The PRTB, together with the PRN, formed the Renova Brasil (Renew Brazil) coalition, in support of the former President of the Republic. The
Superior Electoral Court
(TSE), however, prevented his candidacy from materializing, due to the eight-year period in which he could not be elected to any elective term.
[17]
It was registered on the
Superior Electoral Court
on 18 February 1997 and
Levy Fidelix
was elected as party president.
[18]
In 2006, the party gained electoral importance because of the election of ex-
President
Fernando Collor de Mello
, impeached in 1992,
[19]
who made his comeback in national politics as a
Senator
. However, in 2007 De Mello left PRTB and switched to the
Brazilian Labour Party
.
[20]
The party candidated its president Levy Fidelix in the
Brazilian presidential election of 2010
and he obtained 57,960 votes (0.06%).
[21]
In the second round, Fidelix endorsed left-wing candidate
Dilma Rousseff
.
[22]
In the
Brazilian general election of 2014
, Fidelix was candidate again
[23]
and presented himself with a conservative speech and, according to him, the only
right-wing
candidate.
[24]
In the first round of the general election, Fidelix received 446,878 votes, representing 0.43% of the popular vote.
[25]
The PRTB's founder ranked seventh out of 11 candidates, however achieved his best performance in an election throughout his career. In the second round, Fidelix supported candidate
Aecio Neves
.
[26]
For the
Brazilian general election of 2018
, the PRTB formed the coalition "Brazil above everything, God above everyone" (
Brasil acima de tudo, Deus acima de todos
) together with the
Social Liberal Party
to support candidate
Jair Bolsonaro
.
[27]
In May 2018, his pick for Vice President,
Hamilton Mourao
, joined the party.
[28]
Party founder Levy Fidelix died in 2021 due to
COVID-19
complications.
[29]
Controversies
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The party has been accused of having links with
neo-Nazi
and
neo-fascist
organizations and promoting fake news and conspiracy theories on the internet.
[30]
During the
2014 Brazilian general election
, the party leader and candidate Levy Fidelix during a debate made a statement that homosexuals “need psychological care” and were better kept “well away from [the rest of] us." He also said that Brazil’s population of 200 million would be reduced by half if homosexuality were encouraged because “the excretory system” does not function as a means of reproduction.
[31]
Fidelix obtained 0.43% of votes.
Electoral history
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Presidential elections
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Legislative elections
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Election
|
Chamber of Deputies
|
Federal Senate
|
Role in government
|
Votes
|
%
|
Seats
|
+/?
|
Votes
|
%
|
Seats
|
+/?
|
1994
|
154,666
[a]
|
0.34%
|
|
New
|
?
|
Extra-parliamentary
|
1998
|
53,778
|
0.08%
|
|
0
|
67,586
|
0.11%
|
|
New
|
Extra-parliamentary
|
2002
|
304,092
|
0.35%
|
|
0
|
27,301
|
0.02%
|
|
0
|
Extra-parliamentary
|
2006
|
171,908
|
0.18%
|
|
0
|
644,111
|
0.76%
|
|
1
|
Independent
|
2010
|
307,925
|
0.32%
|
|
2
|
74,478
|
0.04%
|
|
1
|
Independent
|
2014
|
454,190
|
0.74%
|
|
1
|
38,429
|
0.04%
|
|
0
|
Independent
|
2018
|
684,976
|
0.70%
|
|
1
|
886,267
|
0.52%
|
|
0
|
Extra-parliamentary
|
2022
|
294,315
|
0.27%
|
|
0
|
758,938
|
0.75%
|
|
0
|
Extra-parliamentary
|
- ^
Votes obtained in coalition with
PV
,
PCB
and
PSTU
.
Notable members
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Current members
Name
|
Birth date
|
Relevant offices by PRTB
|
Relevant offices by other parties
|
Janaina Paschoal
|
25 June 1974
|
|
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Havanir Nimtz
|
7 September 1953
|
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Former members
Name
|
Birth date
|
Death date
|
Relevant offices by PRTB
|
Relevant offices by other parties
|
Fernando Collor de Mello
|
12 August 1949
|
living
|
|
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Antonio Hamilton Mourao
|
15 August 1953
|
living
|
|
|
Joaquim Roriz
|
4 August 1936
|
27 September 2018
|
|
- Governor of the Federal District
(1999?2006, by
MDB
, 1991?1995, by
PTR
and
PP
, 1988?1990, by
MDB
and
PTR
)
- Vice Governor of
Goias
(1986?1987, by
MDB
)
- Senator for the
Federal District
(2007, by
MDB
)
- Mayor of
Goiania
(1987?1988, by
MDB
)
- Federal Deputy for
Goias
(1982?1986, by
MDB
)
- State Deputy of Goias
(1978?1982, by
PT
and
MDB
)
|
Aureo Ribeiro
|
17 February 1979
|
living
|
|
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Levy Fidelix
|
27 December 1951
|
23 April 2021
|
- National President of PRTB (1994?2021, by
PRTB
)
|
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References
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Preceded by
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Numbers of Brazilian Official Political Parties
28 - BLRP (PRTB)
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Succeeded by
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Parties represented in
the
Chamber of Deputies
(513 seats)
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Parties represented
in the
Federal Senate
(81 seats)
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Other registered parties
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Unregistered active parties
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Defunct parties
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