Podemos (Brazil)
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| Party leader | Renata Abreu |
| founding | May 25, 1995 |
| Headquarters | São Paulo and Brasília |
| Alignment | Left-wing populism , direct democracy (formerly) , economic liberalism , neo-Pentecostalism (today) |
| Colours) | green and blue |
| Parliament seats |
Senators: 8/81 Federal MPs: 11/513 State MPs: 22/1024 |
| Number of members | 408,863 (April 2020) |
| Website | Podemos website |
Podemos , abbreviated PODE, Pode, German “We can”, is a party in Brazil . The party was founded in 1995 as Partido Trabalhista Nacional (PTN), German National Workers' Party , and renamed Podemos in 2016, officially approved by the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral in May 2017. It originally belonged to the left-wing political spectrum, but has been in force since the Assembleias de Deus clergy Marco Feliciano as a representative of the interests of the evangelical free churches of Brazil. Feliciano was expelled from the party on December 9, 2019.
history
The party has been led by members of the Abreu family since it was founded, first by Dorival de Abreu (1933-2004), then by José Masci de Abreu (* 1944), followed by his daughter Renata Abreu (* 1982). The Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE) granted eligibility for election on October 2, 1997 with Res.-TSE No. 19.984, the current party number is 19.
ideology
Podemos sees itself as a party of the center and advocates a high degree of direct citizen participation . From 1995 to around 2017, it tended to represent the working class. Today it is one of the coalition parties for the government of Jair Bolsonaros and represents evangelical and economically liberal ideas.
Mandates
In the 2018 elections in Brazil , she won eight Senate seats out of 81, 11 seats in the Chamber of Deputies out of 513 and 22 out of 1024 seats in the national legislative assemblies. In the gubernatorial elections, it could not win a state for itself. As a presidential candidate for Podemos, the senator and former governor of Paraná , Álvaro Dias , tried to position his party and himself as a viable alternative between the PSDB and the PT workers' party .
Membership development
| year | number |
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| as PTN: 2016, April | 158,777 |
| as PTN: 2017, April | 161,636 |
| as PODE 2018, April | 167,077 |
| as PODE 2019, April | 167.011 |
| as PODE 2020, April | 408,863 |
literature
- Party statutes of November 8, 2016 (Brazilian Portuguese)
See also
Web links
- Podemos website (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Brief information from the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral
- Partido político. Nomenclatura de partidos políticos do Brasil. In: www.tse.jus.br. Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (Brazilian Portuguese).
- Political parties and campaign coalitions. In: kas.de. Konrad Adenauer Foundation , 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Podemos: História. In: org.br. Retrieved July 27, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Tribunal Superior Eleitoral : Estatísticas de eleitorado - Filiados. Retrieved May 12, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ TSE autoriza PTN a mudar nome para “Podemos”. In: jus.br. Tribunal Superior Eleitoral , May 16, 2017, accessed May 27, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ a b Líria Jade: Saiba como votou cada deputado na cassação de Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ) ( Portuguese ) Portal EBC. September 13, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
- ↑ Daniel Weterman: Podemos decide expulsar Marco Feliciano - Política. In: com.br. Estadão , accessed December 24, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
- ↑ Political parties and campaign coalitions. In: kas.de. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung , 2018, accessed on July 27, 2019 .
- ^ Podemos confirma Alvaro Dias para disputa da Presidência. In: G1. Retrieved July 27, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).