The federal deputy Elmar Nascimento (BA)leader of União Brasil in the Chamber of Deputies, officially confirmed, this Wednesday (13), his withdrawal from the dispute for the succession of the current president of the House, Arthur Lira (PP-AL).
Elections for the Board of Directors of the Chamber – and also the Senate – are scheduled for February 2025.
With Elmar’s departure from the race, União Brasil will support the deputy’s candidacy Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB)name chosen by Lira for succession.
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With another addition, the bloc that supports Motta reaches 17 parties. In addition to União Brasil, they had already declared support for the deputy PSD, Republicans, PP, PL, PT, PCdoB, PV, PRD, Rede, Solidariedade, Cidadania, PSDB, PSB, PDT, MDB and Podemos.
Earlier, , who was also a candidate for president of the Chamber.
Such support indicates a peaceful victory for Motta in the election. To be elected president of the Chamber, the deputy will need 257 votes.
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To date, Hugo Motta has already received the support of 16 parties: Republicans, PP, PL, PT, PCdoB, PV, PRD, Rede, Solidariedade, Cidadania, PSDB, PSB, PDT, MDB, Podemos and, now, PSD
Who is Hugo Motta
– he turned 35 on September 11th. If he wins the election, scheduled for February 2015, Motta would surpass former deputy Luís Eduardo Magalhães (1955-1998), who took command of the Chamber in 1995, at the age of 39.
Motta has always circulated well among different political currents in Brasília and is considered close to all the last presidents of the Chamber: Eduardo Cunha (2015-2016), Rodrigo Maia (2016-2021) and Lira himself (since 2021).
The deputy from Paraíba also has a good relationship with senator Ciro Nogueira (PI), national president of the PP and one of the main leaders of the “centrão” in the National Congress.
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In the 2022 elections, when he won his fourth consecutive term in the Chamber, Hugo Motta was the federal deputy with the most votes in Paraíba. The parliamentarian is in his third consecutive year as leader of the Republicans in the House.
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