Social Liberal Party (Brazil)

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Social Liberal Party
Partido Social Liberal
AbbreviationPSL
President Luciano Bivar
Founded30 October 1994;30 years ago (1994-10-30)
Dissolved8 February 2022;2 years ago (2022-02-08)
Merged into Brazil Union
HeadquartersSHN, Quadra 02, Bloco F, Ed. Executive Office Tower, Sala 1.122 – Brasília, DF
Membership (October 2021)74,824 [1]
Ideology 2018–2022:
Brazilian nationalism [2]
Conservatism [3] [4]
Economic liberalism [5]
Federalism [2]
National conservatism [6]
Right-wing populism [7]
Anti-communism [2]
1994–2018:
Social liberalism [8]
Classical liberalism [8]
Cultural liberalism [8]
Political position 2018–2022:
Right-wing to far-right [9]
1994–2018:
Centre
Colours  Blue
  Yellow
  Green
TSE Identification Number17
Website
psl.org.br

The Social Liberal Party (Portuguese : Partido Social Liberal, PSL) was a far-right [9] political party in Brazil, that merged with the Democrats and founded the Brazil Union. Founded in 1994 as a social-liberal political party, the PSL was registered on the Superior Electoral Court in 1998.

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In January 2018, former Social Christian Party politician Jair Bolsonaro joined the party and later converted it into an economically liberal, Brazilian nationalist, radically anti-communist and social conservative party. The original name remained after the ideological shift, and after Livres (the party's original main wing) left the party and formed their own political movement to continue the party's original goals. Bolsonaro became the party's nominee for the 2018 Brazilian general election and won in both rounds. Bolsonaro left the party in 2019 after disagreements with its president, Luciano Bivar, and then founded Alliance for Brazil. [10]

On 6 October 2021, the party voted to merge with the Democrats to establish the Brazil Union party. [11]

History

PSL's logo from 1994 to 2004 Bandeira PSL.jpg
PSL's logo from 1994 to 2004

PSL was originally founded on 30 October 1994 by businessman Luciano Bivar as a social liberal party. [12] It was registered on the Superior Electoral Court on 2 June 1998. [13]

In the 2002 legislative elections, PSL won 1 out of 513 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and no seats in the Federal Senate. In the 2006 legislative elections, the party won no seats in the Chamber of Deputies or the Federal Senate. In the 2010 legislative elections, PSL won 1 seat in the Chamber of Deputies and no seats in the Federal Senate, maintaining the same results in the 2014 legislative elections.

Luciano Bivar during the 2006 Brazilian general election Lucianobivar.jpeg
Luciano Bivar during the 2006 Brazilian general election

In 2015, PSL underwent a reform led by the internal social liberal wing Livres, with names such as political scientist Fábio Ostermann  [ pt ] and journalist Leandro Narloch reinforcing the party's affiliation with social liberal policies. [14] [15] PSL also supported the impeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff. [16]

On 5 January 2018, conservative and former Social Christian politician Jair Bolsonaro became a member of the party, which prompted the Livres wing to leave the party in protest of Bolsonaro's social conservative views. After the exit of Livres, the party followed a national conservative path, changed its colors from purple to the more nationalist blue, yellow and green (the colors of Brazil's flag) and since then has discussed a name change either to Republicans (Republicanos) or Mobilize (Mobiliza). [17] On 5 March 2018, Bivar stepped down from party's presidency and Gustavo Bebianno was appointed as acting president.

Bolsonaro eventually became PSL's nominee for the 2018 presidential election, exceeding polling forecasts to receive 46% of the popular vote in the first round. [18] Bolsonaro's coattails helped elect 52 deputies and 4 senators from PSL, which made it the second largest political party in the post-2018 Chamber of Deputies. [19] It also became the largest single party in the legislative assemblies of both Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. [20] [21] On 28 October 2018, Bolsonaro was elected president with 55.13% of the votes, defeating Workers' Party's Fernando Haddad. [22] He took office on 1 January 2019. [23]

On 29 October 2018, Bivar was re-appointed as party's president. [24] On 12 November 2019, Bolsonaro announced his departure from the party following disagreements with the national executive. [25]

On 6 October 2021, the party voted to merge with the Democrats (DEM) to establish the Brazil Union party. The new party plans to use the number 44 as its electoral number. [11] The merger was approved by the Superior Electoral Court and officially became registered on 8 February 2022. [26] As such, both PSL and DEM were disbanded.

Organization

PSL while housing the Livres movement Logotipo do Partido Social Liberal.png
PSL while housing the Livres movement

Ideology and policies

Since Bolsonaro's entrance in the party, PSL has changed much of its ideologies. It went from a social-liberal party with an economic liberal group Livres [27] to a far-right and right-wing populist party, abandoning its former cultural liberalism and keeping its economic liberal policies, supporting privatisation and decentralisation, while at the same time adopting cultural conservatism as well as social-conservative policies regarding abortion, legalization of marijuana, and teaching of gender identity in schools. [2]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

ElectionParty candidateRunning mateColligationVotes%Votes%ResultSources
First roundSecond round
2006 Luciano Bivar (PSL) Américo de Souza (PSL)None62.0640.06% (#7)--LostRed x.svg [28] [29] [30]
2014 Marina Silva (PSB) Beto Albuquerque (PSB) PSB; PHS; PRP; PPS; PPL; PSL22,176,61921.32% (#3)--LostRed x.svg [31] [32] [33] [34]
2018 Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) Hamilton Mourão (PRTB)PSL; PRTB 49,276,99046.0% (No. 1)57,797,80155.13% (No. 1)ElectedGreen check.svg [35] [36] [37] [38] [39]

Legislative elections

Election Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate Government
Votes%Seats+/–Votes%Seats+/–
2002 408,5120.47%
1 / 513
Increase2.svg 1295,8070.19%
0 / 81
Steady2.svg 0Coalition
2006 190,7930.20%
0 / 513
Decrease2.svg 146,5420.06%
0 / 81
Steady2.svg 0Extra-parliamentary
2010 499,9630.52%
1 / 513
Increase2.svg 1446,5170.26%
0 / 81
Steady2.svg 0Opposition
2014 808,7100.83%
1 / 513
Steady2.svg 0did not participate
0 / 81
Steady2.svg 0Opposition
2018 11,457,87811.65%
52 / 513
Increase2.svg 5119,413,86911.33%
4 / 81
Increase2.svg 4Coalition

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