MDB releases its members for the second round; Tebet will support Lula.
In a statement, the party says it will demand from Lula and Bolsonaro, starting in January 2023, the "uncompromising defense of the 1988 Constitution and the Democratic Rule of Law."
247 - The MDB, in a statement released by Mônica Bergamo, of Folha de S. PaulThe party announces that its members are free to support either of the candidates for President of the Republic in the second round, former president Lula (PT) or Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
The caption states that, starting January 1, 2023, it will demand from both of them the "uncompromising defense of the 1988 Constitution and the Democratic Rule of Law."
>>> Brazil's most voted governor, Helder Barbalho, says the MDB's alignment with Lula is clear.
MDB candidate for President in the first round, Senator Simone Tebet (MS), will declare her support for Lula. "The intensity of her support depends on a ritual in which she would make proposals that would be incorporated by the PT candidate into his government program," explains Bergamo.
Also from the MDB party, the governor of Pará, Helder Barbalho (MDB), re-elected with 3,1 million votes (70,41%), tends to support Lula. Meanwhile, the re-elected governor of the Federal District, Ibaneis Rocha, has already formally declared his support for Bolsonaro.
>>> Re-elected Governor of the Federal District, Ibaneis Rocha, declares support for Bolsonaro.
Read the MDB's statement in full:
"The MDB is the largest and most democratic party in the country, the only one with a presence in almost every municipality. It has clear convictions in favor of Freedom, Democracy, and the Sovereignty of the Brazilian people, exercised through direct voting. In this general election, we presented an independent and balanced project, outside of polarization, brilliantly led by our candidate Simone Tebet. There is no doubt that she has consolidated herself as a national leader. In the states, we re-elected the governors of Pará and the Federal District in the first round. And we will contest the second round in Amazonas and Alagoas. We increased our representation in the Chamber of Deputies and maintained a large representation in the Senate. In the last 48 hours, leaders, congressmen, governors, and mayors expressed their positions regarding the national second-round election. By a large majority, the MDB decided to give freedom for each to express themselves according to their conscience. In any scenario, the MDB makes it clear that it will demand from the winner respect for the popular vote, the electoral process as a whole, and, above all, the unwavering defense of..." The 1988 Constitution and the Democratic Rule of Law.
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