The Workers' Party (PT) will create evangelical committees to win back the evangelical electorate.

247, with Metropolises - The quest for the evangelical vote in this year's elections is driving candidates to visit church services and make deals with pastors. To challenge President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), the PT (Workers' Party) also promises to intensify its grassroots campaign by creating committees specifically dedicated to popularizing former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva among Pentecostals and Neo-Pentecostals.

>>> "Lula has always listened to evangelicals," emphasizes Benedita da Silva.

According to former minister Gilberto Carvalho, former chief of staff to Lula and director of the PT's National Training School (ENFPT), the party already has evangelical representatives to lead these religious committees in 21 states.

The organization of the committees is being handled by federal congresswoman Benedita da Silva (PT-RJ), coordinator of the PT's Evangelical Nucleus (NEPT).

Benedita da Silva, an evangelical Christian affiliated with the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Niterói (Rio de Janeiro) and former Minister of the Special Secretariat for Labor and Social Assistance in Lula's first government, is one of the PT's bridges to this religious segment, which, according to Datafolha, represents 31% of Brazilian voters -- a universe of more than 45 million people.

“They (Malafaia and other Bolsonaro supporters) chose a side. They have political commitments to the Bolsonaro government. But every evangelical has the right to choose their side as well, not just the leaders,” the congresswoman told Metrópoles.

According to the most recent research PowerDateJair Bolsonaro has 46% of the voting intentions among evangelical voters in a first round, while Lula registers 22% in the religious segment. 42% of those interviewed declared themselves Catholic and 30% Evangelical.

Read the full text at Metropolis. 

Subscribe to 247, Support via Pix, Subscribe to TV 247, in the channel Cuts 247 and watch: