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- André Shalders and Mariana Schereiber
- BBC News Brazil in Brasilia
Credit, Reuters
The party of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will not control any capital in the country for the next four years
The second round of the 2020 elections ended with a bitter taste for the Workers’ Party (PT). The party was the one that led the most candidates to the second round of the dispute, with names in 15 of the 57 cities where there was a second round. But the 2020 elections will end without commanding state capital.
At the end of the investigation, the PT members were victorious in only four cities: Contagem (MG), Diadema (SP), Juiz de Fora (MG) and Mauá (SP).
In 2020, the legend of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010) decreased the number of cities governed for the second time in a row.
From 630 mayors elected in 2012, the red star acronym rose to 256 in 2016 and 183 this year.
The legend will not command any state capital either: the PT petitioners reached the second round in Recife (PE) and Vitória (ES), but were defeated in both disputes.
In the capital of Pernambuco, the match went to the second round with Marília Arraes. She competed with her own cousin, João Campos (PSB), but ended up defeated by 43 to 56% of the valid votes. The socialist had 445,000 votes, compared to 347,000 for Marília.
In Vitória (ES), João Coser was defeated by the candidate linked to President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party). The PT candidate had 72.6 thousand votes (41.5% of the total), compared to 102.4 thousand (58.5%) for Delegate Pazolini (Republicans).
Of the 15 cities in which they competed this Sunday, the PTs reached the second round leading the race in seven locations: Caxias do Sul (RS), Contagem (MG), Diadema (SP), Feira de Santana (BA), Juiz de Fora (MG)), São Gonçalo (RJ) and Vitória da Conquista (BA).
In the other eight cities, the PT candidates needed a turn to win, even in Recife and Vitória, which ended up not happening.
The secretary general of the PT, federal deputy Paulo Teixeira, estimated that the party “improved a little” its performance compared to 2016. “Now, we would like to have gone further,” he admitted. In their assessment, the media contributed to the poor performance of the acronym, by “hiding” the deeds of the PT governments.
“And the election also indicates that we need a front policy (with allied parties). What capital do we win (from the left)? In Belém (in Pará, with Edmilson Rodrigues of PSOL), in a broad front policy. We participate in important roles. second rounds, in Fortaleza (Ceará, where Sarto, from PDT won), in Sergipe (In Aracaju, Edvaldo from PDT won) ”, he said.
“In my opinion, these results show the need to build a left front in Brazil,” Teixeira told BBC News Brazil shortly after 7 pm on Sunday (29).
Cláudio Couto: result shows evaluation error of PT workers
For the political scientist Cláudio Couto, the negative result of the PT in these elections was the result of an “evaluation error” of the legend.
“Whenever someone pointed out to the PT the need for self-criticism, someone was rejected. ‘Those who have to do self-criticism are the toucans, it is the press,’ said the PT. Without realizing that self-criticism is precisely a signal to society you can correct your mistakes and improve “, he tells BBC News Brazil.
“I think the PT could not give this message, that it could improve. And it received the answer at the polls. It suffered a monumental fall in 2016, and another now. That was only less because the party had less to lose. But, if you consider the two elections in a row, the defeat was great, ”said Couto, who is coordinator of the Professional Master’s Degree in Management and Public Policies (MPGPP) at EAESP-FGV.
“This result also makes it difficult for the party to arrive in 2022 and say (to the other legends on the left) that he will be the captain of the team in the next election,” says Couto.
“I think the one with the most capacity to do this, although it is not a Ferrari, is the PDT. It came out with the best results of 2020 (among the left-wing parties). It won in more cities, and occupied important places such as Fortaleza (CE ) “, assesses the expert.
‘The PT will have to reinvent itself,’ says political scientist
Couto’s assessment is similar to that of other experts heard by BBC News Brazil.
“The PT did not recover in relation to 2016, it did not win a large number of cities, and it had some very symbolic defeats. The defeat of Jilmar Tatto (PT candidate in São Paulo) was an extremely symbolic defeat, which greatly damages the party. Marília Arraes must be defeated, and another important defeat is that of Vitória (ES). Therefore, the PT has very little to celebrate, I would say almost nothing, “political scientist Esther Solano, a professor at the College. Federal of São Paulo (Unifesp).
“The PT will have to reinvent itself. Antipetism is still strong, that is clear. These defeats show that the rejection of the PT remains strong. from the Center for Public Sector Policies and Economics of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV).
“In São Paulo and other cities, the PT lost space to its more left-wing competitors such as PSOL, (or center-left, such as) PDT, PSB,” he said.
“I see that it will be difficult for the PT to recover and position itself as the largest party in Brazil. The PT still has the highest rate of party identification, but it will have many difficulties to be able to reinvent itself for the next few years, especially for the Chamber.” of Deputies ”, said the analyst. Historically, the municipal election is usually reflected in the dispute of the deputies, two years later.
“Now other competitors have emerged (in the field of the left) that can make it even more difficult to access positions in the Executive. The new actors are hindering and there is a more fragmented left, which can also hinder the PT for the presidential dispute. Without strong lulismo, with lulismo in decline, it is difficult to find a candidate to go to the second round (of the 2022 presidential elections), ”says Jairo Pimentel.
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