The Minister of Racial Equality, (PT), said on Wednesday (14) that must run for a place in the Senate or the House of Representatives in the 2026 elections.
If the candidacy is confirmed, it will be the first election disputed by Anielle since joining political life in 2023, when invited to take over the Ministry of Government (PT).
By law, ministers who run for elections should leave office up to six months before the first round, that is, by the beginning of April 2026.
At a dinner with state deputies and senators in the United States, Anielle quoted the candidacy plans and said she was talking about it with her family and the party. The parliamentarians are in Brazil to meet with Brazilian activists and authorities.
At the end of the meeting, Anielle told the Sheet That the candidacy “is always a possibility” and will still talk to Lula.
“I will stay here until the day the president says he wants me to stay,” he said at the event.
Sister of Marielle Franco, PSOL councilor murdered in 2018, Anielle joined the PT in 2024, raising speculation about candidacy in the municipal elections of Rio de Janeiro, which did not materialize.
Anielle talked to Americans about political experience after Marielle’s death and said she suffers attacks and needs security monitoring.
He said he was afraid of what personal security dynamics would be like if he was elected to Congress, but said he considered it important that there are more black women elected in the Brazilian legislature.
With the expectation of the departure of several government ministers until April 2026 due to the electoral dispute, Lula has probe in recent weeks at the disposal of the federal deputy (-SP) to give up a candidacy for Congress to be held until the end of the term.
Boulos admitted to the closest allies that would give up to run for reelection to the House of Representatives to join the government and should be confirmed by Lula in the folder.
The reporter traveled at the invitation of the Women’s Equality Center (WEC)
