Has the PT (Workers' Party) learned from its mistakes? We, the activists, have learned.

After the thrilling victory in the electoral meeting that defined Marília Arraes as the candidate for governor of Pernambuco, the main moment of confrontation follows, alongside the national leadership of the PT (Workers' Party).

The day before, the national executive decided to abandon Marília's candidacy in exchange for a neutrality agreement with the PSB. The appeal was filed and will be judged by the national leadership today. The controversy has reignited the debate about the pragmatism of politics.

Those who defend the alliance between the PT and the PSB do so in the name of pragmatic decisions, the realpolitik that created the conditions for the coup against Dilma and the country, and for putting Lula in jail.

As Marcelo Neves rightly pointed out, what happened in Brazil was never a coalition government. It was a government of extortion.

The "allies" mocked the PT, constantly imposing absurd conditions under threat of making Lula's government unviable, blocking the congressional agenda, creating chaos, threatening and largely determining the path Lula could or could not take.

The coup was the high price we paid for feeding the enemy we were held hostage by.

At the same time, the coup was conclusive proof that this alliance-based method has clear limits, and that knowing and respecting these limits is a matter of survival.

If the eyes of all of Brazil are currently focused on Pernambuco, it's because what's happening here is crucial for the PT's next steps in this phase of rebuilding the party.

I heard journalists from São Paulo, aligned with the national executive's guidance, stating that a regional interest could not override the national interests of the PT (Workers' Party).

For those accustomed to treating the Northeast as inferior, what I'm about to say might surprise you, but right now, Pernambuco is Brazil.

The decision regarding Pernambuco will be decisive for the party's orientation throughout Brazil.

The question will be answered: Has the PT (Workers' Party) not learned from its mistakes?

The activists have already given their response.

We learned.

We have learned not to bow our heads to decisions made at the top when they prove to be disconnected from the grassroots and social movements, and harmful to the people.

Real politics is not stupid politics.

Or, as our grandmothers taught us, those who bend over too much show their underwear.

To those who think the national executive's decision is a matter of tactics and calculation, let me summarize: that math is wrong.

They calculate that the agreement with the PSB would neutralize Ciro and also serve to create a bloc of federal deputies from Pernambuco.

However, the PDT has already announced that it intends to launch Túlio Gadêlha, "Fátima Bernardes' boyfriend," for governor of the state, should Marília's candidacy not materialize.

Pernambuco has no tradition of voting for celebrities.

But the PDT saw the obvious: if there is a vacuum left by Marília, there is an open road for an angry voter who feels betrayed and orphaned and who does not want to vote for the coup plotter Paulo Câmara or Armando Monteiro.

Like it or not, Ciro Gomes will gain a powerful platform in Pernambuco, which is, so far, the Brazilian state where Lula's voting intention is highest.

Humberto Costa will share the stage with the same scoundrels who voted in favor of the coup, and will even shake hands with Jarbas Vasconcelos, an avowed anti-PT (Workers' Party) figure and also a candidate for the Senate seat on the same ticket.

Moreover, the coup plotters continue to say that they are anti-PT (Workers' Party) and that they will not vote for Lula under any circumstances.

Can you imagine a schizophrenic platform like that? The boos Humberto received yesterday at the electoral rally will be repeated every time he steps onto a platform.

Worse still: if Gleisi Hoffmann were to replace Lula in the election, she would also lose her platform in Pernambuco.

This deal is stupid because it replaces the state with the highest voting intentions for Lula and the greatest possibility of transferring votes with a state hostile to PT candidates.

Even for those of us vying for a seat as federal deputies. We've done and redone this calculation several times. The alliance with the PSB annihilates our chances of fulfilling the task of strengthening our representation in the Federal Chamber. We will only be able to accomplish this task alongside Marília, who will combine the aspirations expressed at the polls in Pernambuco: Lula + renewal of politics and the party.

If Marília's candidacy is dropped, even if Marília herself steps in to calm things down, the outrage among Pernambuco's activists and voters will not be appeased.

Because ultimately, this dispute isn't about Marília. It's about the PT. About the party we want to build. But above all, it's about defining our position, as activists, within the party.

The leadership may not have learned anything, but we have.