Brazilian Labour Renewal Party

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.[13] According to the party's official website, PRTB's main ideology is "to establish an economic system based on participatory decision making as the primary economic mechanism for allocation in society".[14]

"PRTB" redirects here. For the Bolivian party, see Revolutionary Party of the Workers of Bolivia.

Brazilian Labour Renewal Party

Partido Renovador Trabalhista Brasileiro
PresidentLevy Fidelix
Vice President of BrazilHamilton Mourão
Founded1994
HeadquartersBrasília, Federal District
São Paulo, São Paulo
Membership136,171[1]
IdeologyMilitarism[2]
Social conservatism[2]
National conservatism
Brazilian nationalism
Economic nationalism
Right-wing populism
Anti-LGBT[3]
Jânio Quadros Thought[4]
Anti-communism
Labour politics[5][6][7][8]
Political positionRight-wing[9] to
far-right[10][11][12]
National affiliationBrazil above everything, God above everyone
Website
http://prtb.org.br/

Overview

It comes from members of the extinct PTR, a party that functioned between 1985 and 1993, which had merged with the PST, originating the PP. 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.[15]

It was registered on the Superior Electoral Court on 18 February 1997 and Levy Fidelix was elected as party president.[16]

In 2006 the party gained electoral importance because of the election of ex-President Fernando Collor de Mello, impeached in 1992,[17] who made his comeback in national politics as a Senator. However, in 2007 De Mello left PRTB and switched to the Brazilian Labour Party.[18]

The party candidated its president Levy Fidelix in the Brazilian presidential election of 2010 and he obtained 57,960 votes (0.06%).[19]

In the Brazilian general election of 2014, Fidelix was candidate again[20] and presented himself with a conservative speech and, according to him, the only right-wing candidate.[21] In the first round of the general election, Fidelix received 446,878 votes, representing 0.43% of the popular vote.[22] The PRTB's founder ranked 7th out of 11 candidates, however achieved his best performance in an election throughout his career. In the second round, Fidelix supported candidate Aécio Neves.[23]

For the Brazilian general election of 2018, 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.[24] In May 2018, his pick for Vice President, Hamilton Mourão, joined the party.[25]

Controversies

The party has been accused of having links with neo-nazi and neofascist organizations and promoting fake news and conspiracy theories on the internet.[26]

During 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.[27] Fidelix obtained 0.43% of votes.

Electoral history

Presidential elections
Election Candidate Running mate Colligation First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
1998 None None None - - - - -
2002
2006
2010 Levy Fidelix (PRTB) Luiz Eduardo Ayres Duarte (PRTB) None 57,960 0.06 (#7) - - Lost N
2014 José Alves de Oliveira (PRTB) None 446,878 0.43 (#7) - - Lost N
2018 Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) Hamilton Mourão (PRTB) "Brazil above everything, God above everyone"
PSL; PRTB		 49,227,010 46,03 (#1) 57,797,121 55,13 (#1) Elected Y
Source: Election Resources: Federal Elections in Brazil – Results Lookup

Chamber of Deputies elections
Election Votes % Seats +/–
1994 154,666 0.4%
0 / 513
1998 1,843,296 2.8%
0 / 513
2002 304,092 0.3%
0 / 513
2006 171,908 0.2%
0 / 513
2010 307,925 0.3%
2 / 513
 2
2014 454,190 0.47%
1 / 513
 1
2018 684,976 0.7%
0 / 513
 1

Senate elections
Election Votes % Seats +/–
1998 36,328 0.1%
0 / 81
32,258 0.1%
2002 Unknown Unknown
0 / 81
2006 644,111 0.8%
1 / 81
 1
2010 74,478 0.0%
0 / 81
 1
2014 38,429 0.04%
0 / 81
2018 886,267 0.5%
0 / 81
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  2. "Brazil: Bolsonaro puts military general as VP on election ticket". Al Jazeera. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
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Preceded by
27 - CD (DC)		 Numbers of Brazilian Official Political Parties
28 - BLRP (PRTB)		 Succeeded by
29 - LCP (PCO)


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