In the wake of former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro, who assumed the presidency of PL Woman for two years, relatives of other politicians of the subtitle have also been sworn in in female directories from states and municipalities.
Survey Globo It has identified at least ten cases of PL Woman leaders who are married or kinship with party politicians. The strategy gives them visibility, which intend to cling to electoral disputes in 2026, despite being inexperienced in public functions.
Dana Vidal Costa, wife of the national president of PL, Valdemar Costa Neto, runs the party’s female group in Mogi das Cruzes (SP), her husband’s stronghold. She, who also works in a lawyer office, says she does not receive remuneration from the acronym, directed for almost three decades by Valdemar. Michelle, in turn, received approximately $ 30,000 from the subtitle in January as compensation.
The wife of the PL president, who defines the former first lady as “inspiration” and “leader”, acknowledges that her proximity to politics began with “family and living issues”.
“But it was at PL woman that I really dived at work.” Since I took office, I have met women to understand the demands of my region and enable them to participate in the next claims-says Dana.
Husband’s image
Quoted to compete in the presidential election in place of Jair Bolsonaro, who is ineligible after conviction in the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Michelle had a position in the PL Woman to consolidate himself as a politically active figure. The movement was already being rehearsed in the 2022 campaign, when it spoke at Bolsonaro rallies and sought to reduce the rejection of the female electorate to the then president.
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Mirroring in the footsteps of Michelle, the current president of Niterói PL Woman, Lays Jordy, sees the post as a gateway to politics. Lays, who previously accompanied the husband’s agendas, federal deputy Carlos Jordy (PL-RJ), intends to run for state deputy in Rio in 2026.
She evaluates that her performance can be reflected in the image of her husband as a politician:
– Through the directory, we end up doing actions that drive us as a couple.
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Political scientist Antonio Lavareda recalls that there is a scenario of low representation of women in politics – they represented only 18% of the House of Representatives in 2024, for example – and evaluates that strategies such as PL Woman seek to supply an electoral demand without representing ruptures with the current model:
– It is easy for politicians who have leadership and electoral contingent transfer the support they enjoy. Just as they do with children, this movement is frequent.
In the Holy Spirit, the positions in the PL Woman were occupied by the daughters of Senator Magno Malta (PL-ES). Karla Malta is at the head of the nucleus’ state directory, which has Maguinha Malta, another daughter of the senator, as vice president.
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According to Karla, his entry into the PL Woman emerged as a “mission” presented by Michelle Bolsonaro. She claims to have no claim to play elective positions, unlike her sister, Maguinha, who plans to launch herself to the Senate next year. The goal may lead her to act in double with her father, whose mandate as a senator runs until 2030.
– I believe in the protagonism of women in politics not as a result of quotas or victimization, but of merit and courage. I don’t identify with confrontation feminism, but I think the woman may be wherever she wants, even in the Senate – says Maguinha.
Co -founder of A Tent of the candidates, a project that acts on the training and expansion of female participation in politics, Laura Astrolabio says it is important to analyze the history of these new leaders.
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– We have to evaluate their projects and how their trajectories dialogue with the claims of women’s movements. It is necessary to know if they are there to inherit political capital of father or husband and, if elected, will meet their interests – ponders Astrolabio, who is a lawyer and master of public policies in Human Rights from UFRJ.
