Name in 2026, (PSD) reaches the final stretch of its second term in the government of with a management so far marked by privatization, such as the (Paranaense Energy Company), and the incorporation of, such as civic-military schools.
Ratinho also wants to be remembered by the electorate for major infrastructure works on the coast, such as the construction of the Guaratuba Bridge, scheduled to be delivered in April 2026, when he will possibly move away from office, if he keeps interest in.
They yielded clashes with the prosecutor and criticism of environmental entities, the most mouse -wear area throughout the mandates.
A bill flexible and simplifying environmental licensing, for example, was approved in Paraná months before a similar proposal receives the – with the President (PT).
In the fight fought with the prosecutor, Ratinho has won wins in the court field.
The most recent released another project on the coast, the call, which is a set of works formed by a highway of almost 25 km, a pipeline and a rail extension. The track would be parallel to PR-412 and would be a direct connection to a private port still under construction in Pontal do Paraná.
Among other challenges to MegaBra, the Public Prosecution Service cites great overthrow of the Atlantic Forest and points to the absence of consultation with directly impacted traditional and indigenous communities.
Despite the controversy, the governor is still armored by one in the Legislative Assembly, contemplated with, and favored by a small opposition bench, with six petist deputies and two PDT -affiliates, in a house with 54 seats.
Even with the numerous base, the executive usually calls for urgent regime in the voting of interest. The mechanism that accelerates the process of bills and reduces debate is imposed by governing deputies in texts with the potential to generate some wear and tear.
The legislation that allowed the change in Copel control – the state’s participation in the company went from 31% to 16% – was approved in the Assembly in less than a week at the end of 2022.
Until the first quarter of 2026, Ratinho wants to complete the process of, the country’s first public information technology company. It also intends, a company created in the late 1980s and today manages the railroad between Guarapuava and Cascavel.
The governor also bets on partnerships with business sectors, including, in which he has advertised the (Basic Education Development Index) – in 2023, state high school networks in Paraná and Espírito Santo were in the second best position in the country, behind Goiás.
In June 2024, the Legislative Assembly approved the possibility of transferring the administrative part of state public colleges to the private sector, which generated one of the most delicate moments of this second term-after a first government consumed by the water crisis and the effects of Covid-19 pandemic, allies evaluate.
Baptized by the Ratinho Government, the idea was the fuse for a strike movement led by the app-union, the entity that represents the teachers and education staff and who is known for the strong capillarity.
One of the protests ended in confusion in the assembly after the crowd forced the entrance to the house. In the wake of this, that of the president of APP-Syndicate, Walkiria Mazeto. The request for management ranked the mobilization of teachers as “undemocratic acts” and “terrorism”. The state court opened negotiations between the parties.
At the same time, the Secretariat of Education sent one to the phone of parents of students in which it attacked the strike movement of the teachers. The mass shots departed from the same number used by the folder for official communications.
Still in the educational area, the Mouse management also embraced the civic-military school model proposed by the federal government in 2019, by the then president (PL). Today it is adopted in more than 300 colleges in Paraná.
In the area of public safety, there is also a call from the pocket electorate. The governor says he wants to defend the autonomy of states to legislate on the subject.
The 2025 Public Security Yearbook showed that Paraná last year had a rate of lethal violence of 18.4 intentional deaths for each group of 100,000 inhabitants, lower than the Brazilian average (20.8), but worse in comparison with other states in the southern region. Rio Grande do Sul, with similar population size, had a rate of 15.
In addition, Paraná was within the group of 21 states that presented a general reduction in the rate of lethal violence compared to 2023, but the share of deaths from police intervention grew from 15.1 to 18.4.
Some more thorny themes of the Bolsonarist agenda are usually dribbled by the governor, who, throughout the terms, has answered questions about the former president’s speeches and acts in a generic way.
He says he is “against the fight” and says he is focused on creating a peace environment for investment in the state.
In the evaluation of allies, the posture of mouse reveals practical style, with. Opposition sees an irresponsible rhetoric as to the direction of the country.
“Ratinho Jr. was sympathetic to Bolsonaro. Naturally, they are allies. What can not be swallowed is the governor to tax ‘fight that does not lead to anything’ the most delicate political and economic moment of recent times. How far does the lack of commitment to the country go to?”, Criticized federal deputy Tadeu Veneri (PT) in response to a statement by the governor on a social network after the former president’s house arrest.
Regarding next year’s presidential elections, Mouse pointed out with 40% of voting intentions in a possible second round against Lula (PT), which appears with 45%. Paraná’s performance is similar to that of the São Paulo governor Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), who obtained 41% against the current president in the same scenario.
