The formalization this Sunday (1st) of the change of command in the center-left-Sai Carlos Siqueira, 70, enters, 31-carries at first glance a mere sign of trading between generations, but occurs in a scenario of difficulty of renewal on the left.
Despite his young age for a national politician, Campos has been part of a family that has been working in politics for over 70 years since the 1940s.
He is the son of former governor and former presidential Eduardo Campos, killed in 2014 in a plane crash, and great-grandson of former governor Miguel Arraes, one of the historical figures of the left ,.
“You are a ‘sprout’ [gíria do século passado que significa pessoa jovem]Carlos Siqueira “, joked Vice President Geraldo Alckmin (PSB), 72, at the opening of the party convention to confirm the command exchange, this Friday (30).
The difficulty of the rise of new paintings and the question of “family” in politics pervades all political fields, but the numbers in Congress and the list of quoted to inherit the political capitals of (), 79, and Jair Bolsonaro (PL), 70, indicates that there is currently a greater difficulty on the left.
From this field, for example, the three parties of the House of Representatives with parliamentarians with the highest average age: B PC (61), PT (58) and PDT (56).
In the presidential dispute, Bolsonaro is ineligible and has a row of successors considered within his own family and the group of center and right -wing governors.
With the exception of Ronaldo Caiado (União Brasil-GO), 75, who has played for the presidency more than three decades ago, all others are names of recent rise in politics-the governors Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans-SP), about to turn 50, Eduardo Leite (PSD-RS), 40, Ratinho Jr. (PSD-PR), 44, and Romeu Zema (New-MG), 60 Michelle, 43, Eduardo, 40, and Flávio Bolsonaro, 44.
All of these, of course, with a chance to be competitive if they have Bolsonaro’s explicit support.
Out of the presidential list, new names on the right also appear in greater volume due to the relatively recent phenomenon phenomenon, which has swept the 2018 municipalities and remains strong so far-a highlights, for example, is the country’s most voted federal deputy (PL-MG), which turned 29 on Friday (30).
Lula is today the absolute and unquestionable name on the left and the list of possible heirs has been thin, because for the moment he expresses the desire to run for a fourth term in 2026, which eliminates any competition in his field.
Behind the scenes, several names on the left are commented, especially in the PT, but all more or less tangled. Ministers Fernando Haddad (Farm), 62, and Camilo Santana (Education), 56, although the first currently passes through an internal wear and tear, as well as figures outside the PT, such as Guilherme Boulos (PSOL), 42, and former Minister Flávio Dino, 57, member of the Federal Supreme Court.
Like the PSB, the PT, the largest party of this ideological stratum, is about to renew its command, with an election scheduled for July 6.
The choice for the place of Gleisi Hoffmann, who went to Lula’s political articulation, has as favorite candidate the former minister and former mayor of Araraquara Edinho Silva, 59, with former president of the acronym and federal deputy Rui Falcão, 81, running outside.
“You need to renew more is people’s ideas. You need to do both. Now you also renew not doing perpetual mandates. And it can’t confuse renewal with ethaismo,” Falcão said.
Present at the beginning of the PSB command exchange convention, former Minister Jose Dirceu, the PT’s historical figure, acknowledged that there was difficulty in renewing on the left, but said that this picture began to change a little in the municipal elections of 2024.
Dirceu, who was one of the main targets of the Mensalão and Lava Jato scandals, says he evaluates back to electoral policy, applying for federal deputy by Sao Paulo in 2026.
He says he expects to have a new crop of petistas vying for positions of state deputies in 2026. At 79, he recognizes, however, that the task of renewal will be more difficult in the House of Representatives.
