New Party (Brazil)

"NOVO" redirects here. For other uses, see Novo (disambiguation).

New Party Partido Novo
President	Eduardo Rodrigo Fernandes Ribeiro
Vice President	Alfredo Adolfo Schnabel Fuentes
National Administrative Secretary	Evandro Veiga Negrão de Lima Júnior
National Secretary for Institutional and Legal Matters	Fabio Maia Ostermann
National Secretary of Finances	João Caetano Ferraz de Magalhães
Founded	12 February 2011 (2011-02-12)
Registered	15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)
Headquarters	São Paulo
Think tank	Instituto Libertas [1]
Membership (October 2024)	62,747 [2]
Ideology	Classical liberalism [5] Minarchism [6] Federalism [6] Economic liberalism [7] Conservative liberalism [8] Factions: Right-libertarianism [12] Liberal conservatism [13] Objectivism [16]
Political position	Right-wing [17]
Colours	Orange   White
Slogan	We respect Brazil
TSE Identification Number	30
Federal Senate	1 / 81
Chamber of Deputies	4 / 513
Governorships	1 / 27
State Assemblies	5 / 1,024
Mayors	19 / 5,568
City Councillors	263 / 56,810
Party flag
Website
novo.org.br
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The New Party (Portuguese: Partido Novo, stylised NOVO) is a classical liberal, libertarian party in Brazil founded on 12 February 2011.

The party was registered on 23 July 2014, supported by the signatures of 493,316 citizens. Its creation was approved on 15 September 2015. ^[18] The party requested to use the number "30" for election identification. It is ideologically aligned with classical liberalism. ^[19]

Ideology

The New Party advocates for a free market economy featuring a minimal state and an absolute defense of the right to property. According to their website, NOVO believes in a "simple, light and efficient" state with a lean administrative structure focused on healthcare, public security and basic education. ^[6] It argues for the flexibilization of laws such as the Brazilian Labor Code (CLT), ^[20] the privatization of state-owned enterprises like Petrobras and Bank of Brazil, and the seeking of private partnerships for Brazilian public universities. ^{[6] [21] [22]} Other flagship NOVO proposals include trade liberalization and the signing of a new federative pact seeking decentralization and an increased autonomy for individual states. ^[6]

It allows its members freedom to choose their stances on social issues such as abortion and the legalization of drugs, but the party believes that legislation on those topics should be defined solely by the National Congress. NOVO is pro-gun rights and supports same sex marriage. ^{[23] [6]}

Other NOVO proposals include reforming the political system by ending compulsory voting and parliamentary immunity, and extinguishing the Partisan and Electoral funds. ^[24] Public security proposals include reviewing and hardening the Brazilian Penal Code, increasing benefits for police officers and adopting public-private partnerships to manage the Brazilian prison system. ^[6]

The party opposes extensive regulation in many aspects of Brazilian society and their members believe the central bank should be independent from the state. ^[25]

The New Party charges a membership fee and monthly contributions from its members. ^[26] Originally, NOVO committed itself to not using any public money from the Electoral or Partisan Funds, maintaining itself solely through donations and member contributions. ^[27] Public funds were invested into fixed income securities in the Bank of Brazil ^[28] after attempts to return the money were rejected. ^[29] For the 2024 elections, the party defined criteria for the usage of Electoral Fund money, citing the increase in the Electoral Fund budget ^[30] and difficulties caused by increased regulations around private financing. ^[31]

History

NOVO was founded in 12 February 2011 by 181 citizens of 35 different professions and originating from 10 different federative units. In an interview with InfoMoney, João Amoêdo, founder of NOVO, stated that none of the existing political parties would defend NOVO's ideals, and as such, it was easier to create a party from scratch. Amoêdo also paid for the majority of the R$5 million expenses surrounding the Party's founding, contributing with R$4.5 million. Pedro Moreira Salles also contributed with around R$100,000 and Cecília Sicupira, wife to businessman Carlos Alberto Sicupira also made a significant contribution. ^[32]

Formally registered as a political party in 2015, NOVO won eight deputies in the 2018 elections and had one of its own, Romeu Zema, elected governor of Minas Gerais, Brazil's second most populous state. João Amoêdo himself was the Party's nominee for the presidential election, where he obtained 2.5% of the vote. ^[33]

The years of the Bolsonaro administration were marked by internal conflicts for the New Party, with members such as Filipe Sabará being expelled from the party in the midst of the 2020 municipal elections, where he was NOVO's mayoral candidate for São Paulo. Sabará was expelled by the party after a series of inconsistencies were found in his resume, ^[34] but had previously quarreled with Amoêdo and other NOVO leaderships over his support for Bolsonaro. For Camila Rocha, author of the book "Less Marx, More Mises: Liberalism and the new right in Brazil", those conflicts stemmed from a lack of a party-wide consensus in ideas other than the defense of a radical free market. ^[35]

Amoêdo himself was expelled from the party during the 2022 election for his endorsement of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and for publicly criticizing the party in media interviews. ^{[36] [37]} For Amoêdo, NOVO had become a "satellite of the Liberal Party". ^{[33] [38]} After the first turn of the 2022 presidential election, candidate Luiz Felipe D'Avila criticized Amoêdo, stating in an interview that his behaviour had caused "disillusions" and "only contributes to destroying what he has built". ^[37]

NOVO won only 0.47% of the vote in the 2022 presidential election and three deputies in the parliamentary elections, but managed to get Romeu Zema re-elected governor of Minas Gerais. D'Avila attributed the election results to voters "doubling down on polarization", stating that the election had been "very poor in discussing proposals". ^[37]

In the first turn of the 2024 municipal elections, the party elected 14 new mayors and managed to get its 4 preexisting mayors reelected. ^[39] NOVO also saw a 800% increase in elected city councillors, ^[39] a success that NOVO president Eduardo Ribeiro attributed to their decision to ease restrictions on party membership and candidacy in smaller municipalities, seeking to expand their reach whilst preserving party ideals. Ribeiro argued that the party's decision to restrict expansion had cost them in 2020 and 2022. ^{[39] [40]} NOVO registered 7,604 candidacies (compared to 620 in the 2020 elections), of which 34% were women and 43% were Black or Pardo Brazilians. ^[39] In the runoff of the elections, NOVO also elected Sergio Victor as mayor of Taubaté. ^[41]

National presidents

Name	Mandate	Ref.
João Amoêdo	12 February 2011 – 4 July 2017	[42]
Ricardo Taboaço	4 July 2017 – 25 July 2017	[42]
Moisés Jardim	25 July 2017 – 30 January 2019	[43]
João Amoêdo	30 January 2019 – 5 March 2020	[44]
Eduardo Ribeiro	5 March 2020 – present	[45]

Electoral results

Presidential election

Election	Candidate	Running mate	Coalition	First round		Second round		Result
				Votes	%	Votes	%
2018	João Amoêdo (NOVO)	Christian Lohbauer (NOVO)	None	2,679,745	2.50%	–	–	LostN
2022	Luiz Felipe d'Avila (NOVO)	Tiago Mitraud (NOVO)	None	559,708	0.47%	–	–	LostN

Legislative elections

Election	Chamber of Deputies				Federal Senate				Role in government
	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
2018	2,748,079	2.79%	8 / 513	New	3,467,746	2.02%	0 / 81	New	Independent
2022	1,360,590	1.23%	3 / 513	5	479,593	0.47%	0 / 81	0	Opposition

Notable members

Current members

• Deltan Dallagnol
• Luiz Felipe d'Avila
• Eduardo Girão
• Marcel van Hattem
• Vinicius Poit
• Ricardo Salles
• Adriano Silva
• Romeu Zema

Former members

• João Amoêdo
• Heni Ozi Cukier
• Luiz Philippe of Orléans-Braganza
• Soraya Thronicke

References

1. "Vagas Abertas: Instituto Libertas busca profissionais para diversas funções" (in Portuguese). NOVO. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
2. "Filiação partidária da eleição". October 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
3. Pinheiro, Leo. "Desilusão com a política pode ajudar Novo a crescer, diz presidente da sigla". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
4. Pinheiro, Joel. "Conversamos com João Amoedo, fundador do partido Novo". Spotniks. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
5. ^{[3] [4]}
6. "Posicionamentos" (in Portuguese). NOVO. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
7. ^{[3] [4]}
8. "João Amoêdo se diz 'liberal na economia', mas 'conservador nos costumes'" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
9. "João Amoêdo faz pergunta no Twitter que anima libertários".
10. Luis Kawaguti (22 November 2023). "Conheça o deputado que defende no Brasil as ideias libertárias do novo presidente da Argentina" (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
11. "Raphaël Lima é pré-candidato a vereador por São Paulo" (in Portuguese). NOVO. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
12. ^{[9] [10] [11]}
13. Melyna Flynn (19 November 2022). "Van Hattem: direita conservadora e liberal veio para ficar e crescerá na oposição" (in Portuguese). Bloomberg Línea . Retrieved 24 January 2025.
14. "Ayn Rand". novo.org.br. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
15. "A escritora que fugiu do comunismo na Rússia e hoje faz a cabeça da direita". BBC News Brazil. BBC. 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
16. ^{[14] [15]}
17. The loneliness of the right-wing legislator - The Economist (2014) (subscription required)
18. G1. "Partido Novo recebe registro do TSE e se torna 33ª legenda do país". g1.globo.com. G1. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
19. The loneliness of the right-wing legislator publication: "The Economist" (2014)
20. "Flexibilizar a CLT é a única saída para melhorar as condições de trabalho no Brasil" (in Portuguese). NOVO. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
21. Jose Fucs (25 September 2014). "João Dionísio Amoedo: "A gente quer acabar com os privilégios"" (in Portuguese). Epoca. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
22. Douglas Porto (21 June 2022). "À CNN, D'Avila defende privatizar Petrobras e diz que estatais são cabides de emprego" (in Portuguese). CNN Brasil. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
23. "Conversamos com João Amoedo, fundador do partido Novo". Spotniks. 26 September 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
24. "Partido Novo quer privatizar o Brasil; veja entrevista". EXAME. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
25. "Representante do Novo diz que partido é o único na oposição e defende autonomia do Banco Central" (in Portuguese). 10 February 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
26. "Dúvidas" (in Portuguese). NOVO. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
27. Carlos Eduardo Cherem (3 October 2019). "Sem fundo partidário, Novo lança campanha para filiado pagar R$ 1 por dia" (in Portuguese). UOL. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
28. Ricardo Mendonça (2 October 2023). "Novo passa a admitir uso do Fundo Eleitoral e derruba outros princípios" (in Portuguese). Valor Econômico. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
29. Guilherme Venaglia (2 April 2019). "Câmara rejeita autorização para Novo devolver dinheiro do Fundo Partidário" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 January 2025.
30. "Como fundo eleitoral de R$ 4,9 bi uniu PT e PL 'contra' Pacheco e Novo" (in Portuguese). UOL. 23 December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
31. "Novo define critérios para o uso do Fundo Eleitoral" (in Portuguese). NOVO. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
32. "Candidato do Novo, João Amoêdo defende privatização de todos os serviços públicos do país" (in Portuguese). BBC News Brasil. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
33. Neiva, Lucas (6 August 2023). "Partido Novo se tornou satélite do PL, critica João Amoêdo". Congresso em Foco (in Brazilian Portuguese).
34. "Partido Novo expulsa Filipe Sabará, candidato à Prefeitura de São Paulo" (in Portuguese). G1. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
35. João Kerr, Pedro Duarte, Pedro Kono (5 December 2022). "Partido Novo sofre com problemas de partido velho" (in Portuguese). Contraponto Digital - PUCSP. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
36. "Partido Novo suspende filiação de João Amoêdo após ele apoiar Lula no 2º turno | São Paulo". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 27 October 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
37. "'O eleitor não acreditou que havia opção ao populismo', diz Luiz Felipe d'Avila" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
38. Sapio, Marcello (13 February 2023). "Expulso do partido, João Amoêdo "parabeniza" Novo em aniversário de 12 anos". CNN Brasil. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
39. Ana Carolina Curvello (7 October 2024). "Partido Novo cresceu 1.700% em prefeitos e 800% em vereadores" (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo . Retrieved 5 January 2025.
40. "NOVO apresenta diretrizes e abre processo de pré inscrição para as Eleições Municipais de 2024" (in Portuguese). Partido NOVO. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
41. "Sergio Victor (Novo) é eleito prefeito de Taubaté ao vencer disputa contra Ortiz Junior (Republicanos)". g1. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
42. Mauricio Lima (5 July 2017). "Partido Novo anuncia troca na presidência". Veja.
43. "DIRETÓRIOS". Novo.org.br.
44. Silvio Mauricio Alves Martins. "João Amoedo reassumes the presidency of the NOVO". Veja.
45. "João Amoedo leaves the presidency of NOVO and Eduardo Ribeiro assumes the office". novo.org.br. 5 March 2020.

External links

• New Party (Partido Novo) website
• Panorama Mercantil – Interview with João Dionisio Amoêdo – President of Novo
• Época – Interview with João Dionísio Amoedo – President of Novo Archived 30 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine
• Valor Econômico – João Dionísio Amoedo talks about the creation of Novo
• [http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2011/03/884845-executivos-orga

NOVO apresenta diretrizes e abre processo de pré inscrição para as Eleições Municipais de 2024 nizam-partido-que-promete-gestao-empresarial.shtml Folha de S.Paulo – João Dionísio Amoedo talks about the challenge of creating Novo]

Preceded by 29 – WCP (PCO)	Numbers of Brazilian Official Political Parties 30 – NEW (NOVO)	Succeeded by 33 – PNM (PMN)