Eros Biondini Proposal (PL-MG) wants minimum age group to compete for positions from 35 to 30 years; Text Collect Signatures in the Chamber
The federal deputy (PL-MG) is gathering signatures to initiate the processing of a PEC (Proposed Amendment to the Constitution) which aims to reduce the minimum age for candidates for the Presidency of the Republic and to, from 35 to 30 years. This is the document (PDF – 81 kb).
The proposal also wants to adjust the minimum age for other elective positions, such as:
- Federal, state and mayor deputy: from 21 to 20 years;
- Governor and Deputy Governor: From 30 to 28 years.
Until the afternoon of this 3rd (10.FEV.2025), the deputy’s team had gathered 110 of the 171 required signatures For the proposal to begin to process in the House of Representatives. In the text, Biondini states that the proposal has the objective of “expand youth access to elective positions“.
“In Brazil, the current scenario still limits young representativeness in decision -making positions, which can cause distance between the elected representatives and the demands of new generations“Wrote the congressman.
The discussion about reducing the minimum age for candidacies is not new in the National Congress. In 2007, the then federal deputy (without party) presented a Similar, who sought to decrease to 30 years the minimum age for presidential candidates. Despite being approved by the House of Representatives in 2 shifts in 2015, the proposal did not advance in the Senate.
Young politicians
The proposal has generated debates on social networks and between politicians. Some support the idea, arguing that it would allow the election of young politicians currently barred by the minimum age.
Among the possible beneficiaries of the change are:
- (PSB), Mayor of Recife, who will be 32 years old in October 2026;
- (PL-MG), federal deputy, who will turn 30 in October 2026.
To the Poder360Nikolas Ferreira’s staff said that if the proposal is sanctioned until 2026, he intends to run for the Senate. THE Poder360 He tried to contact João Campos’s staff, but got no response. The text will be updated if a demonstration is sent to this digital newspaper.
