Brazilian Labour Renewal Party

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Brazilian Labour Renewal Party
Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro
PresidentJohn Herberthe Calumbia Pinto dos Santos [1]
Honorary President Pablo Marçal
Founder Levy Fidelix
Founded27 November 1994;29 years ago (1994-11-27)
Registered28 March 1995;29 years ago (1995-03-28)
Split from Renovator Labour Party
Headquarters Brasília, Federal District
São Paulo, São Paulo
Youth wing PRTB Jovem
Women's wing PRTB Mulher
Membership136,171 [2]
Ideology Militarism [3] [ additional citation(s) needed ]
Social conservatism [3]
Economic liberalism [4]
Familialism [5]
Anti-LGBT [6]
Jânismo [7]
National affiliation Brazil above everything, God above everyone
Colours  Green
  Yellow
  Blue
  White
SloganHomeland and Family in first place!
State assemblies
7 / 1,024
Mayors
6 / 5,568
City Councillors
220 / 56,810
Website
prtb.org.br

The Brazilian Labour Renewal Party (Portuguese : Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro, PRTB) is a conservative Brazilian political party. It was founded in 1994 and its electoral number is 28. [8] According to the party's official website, the PRTB's main ideology is participatory economics: "to establish an economic system based on participatory decision making as the primary economic mechanism for allocation in society". [9] [ failed verification ]

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Overview

It comes from members of the extinct Renovator Labour Party, a party that functioned between 1985 and 1993, which had merged with the Social Labour Party, originating the Progressive Party. This group, led by Levy Fidelix, had already tried to organize the PTRB, which only ran in the 1994 elections.

During the 1998 Brazilian general election, Fernando Collor de Mello decided to run again for the office of President of Brazil for the same party that elected him in 1989: the National Reconstruction Party (PRN), now the Christian Labour Party (PTC). The PRTB, together with the PRN, formed the Renova Brasil (Renew Brazil) coalition, in support of the former President of the Republic. The Superior Electoral Court (TSE), however, prevented his candidacy from materializing, due to the eight-year period in which he could not be elected to any elective term. [10]

It was registered on the Superior Electoral Court on 18 February 1997 and Levy Fidelix was elected as party president. [11]

In 2006, the party gained electoral importance because of the election of ex-President Fernando Collor de Mello, impeached in 1992, [12] who made his comeback in national politics as a Senator. However, in 2007 De Mello left PRTB and switched to the Brazilian Labour Party. [13]

The party candidated its president Levy Fidelix in the Brazilian presidential election of 2010 and he obtained 57,960 votes (0.06%). [14] In the second round, Fidelix endorsed left-wing candidate Dilma Rousseff. [15]

In the Brazilian general election of 2014, Fidelix was candidate again [16] and presented himself with a conservative speech and, according to him, the only right-wing candidate. [17] In the first round of the general election, Fidelix received 446,878 votes, representing 0.43% of the popular vote. [18] The PRTB's founder ranked seventh out of 11 candidates, however achieved his best performance in an election throughout his career. In the second round, Fidelix supported candidate Aécio Neves. [19]

For the Brazilian general election of 2018, the PRTB formed the coalition "Brazil above everything, God above everyone" (Brasil acima de tudo, Deus acima de todos) together with the Social Liberal Party to support candidate Jair Bolsonaro. [20] In May 2018, his pick for Vice President, Hamilton Mourão, joined the party. [21]

Party founder Levy Fidelix died in 2021 due to COVID-19 complications. [22]

Controversies

The party has been accused of having links with neo-Nazi and neo-fascist organizations and promoting fake news and conspiracy theories on the internet. [23]

During the 2014 Brazilian general election, the party leader and candidate Levy Fidelix during a debate made a statement that homosexuals “need psychological care” and were better kept “well away from [the rest of] us." He also said that Brazil’s population of 200 million would be reduced by half if homosexuality were encouraged because “the excretory system” does not function as a means of reproduction. [24] Fidelix obtained 0.43% of votes.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

ElectionCandidateRunning mateColligationFirst roundSecond roundResult
Votes%Votes%
1998 Didn't contest
2002
2006
2010 Levy Fidelix (PRTB)Luiz Eduardo Ayres Duarte (PRTB)None57,9600.06 (#7)--LostRed x.svg
2014 José Alves de Oliveira (PRTB)None446,8780.43 (#7)--LostRed x.svg
2018 Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) Hamilton Mourão (PRTB)"Brazil above everything, God above everyone"
PSL; PRTB
49,227,01046,03 (#1)57,797,12155,13 (#1)ElectedGreen check.svg
2022 Didn't contest
Source: Election Resources: Federal Elections in Brazil – Results Lookup

Legislative elections

Election Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate Role in government
Votes%Seats+/–Votes%Seats+/–
1994 154,666 [a] 0.34%
0 / 513
NewExtra-parliamentary
1998 53,7780.08%
0 / 513
Steady2.svg 067,5860.11%
0 / 81
NewExtra-parliamentary
2002 304,0920.35%
0 / 513
Steady2.svg 027,3010.02%
0 / 81
Steady2.svg 0Extra-parliamentary
2006 171,9080.18%
0 / 513
Steady2.svg 0644,1110.76%
1 / 81
Increase2.svg 1Independent
2010 307,9250.32%
2 / 513
Increase2.svg 274,4780.04%
0 / 81
Decrease2.svg 1Independent
2014 454,1900.74%
1 / 513
Decrease2.svg 138,4290.04%
0 / 81
Steady2.svg 0Independent
2018 684,9760.70%
0 / 513
Decrease2.svg 1886,2670.52%
0 / 81
Steady2.svg 0Extra-parliamentary
2022 294,3150.27%
0 / 513
Steady2.svg 0758,9380.75%
0 / 81
Steady2.svg 0Extra-parliamentary
  1. Votes obtained in coalition with PV, PCB and PSTU.

Notable members

Current members
NameBirth dateRelevant offices by PRTBRelevant offices by other parties
Havanir Nimtz 7 September 1953
Former members
NameBirth dateDeath dateRelevant offices by PRTBRelevant offices by other parties
Fernando Collor de Mello 12 August 1949living
Antônio Hamilton Mourão 15 August 1953living
Joaquim Roriz 4 August 193627 September 2018
Áureo Ribeiro 17 February 1979living
Janaina Paschoal 25 June 1974living
Levy Fidelix 27 December 195123 April 2021
  • National President of PRTB (1994—2021)

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Preceded by Numbers of Brazilian Official Political Parties
28 - BLRP (PRTB)
Succeeded by