Senator () confirmed on Thursday (4) that he will take command of União Brasil no, after articulation with the national president of the acronym, Antonio Rueda.
The announcement represents a victory of Moro, which finds resistance from the party’s own sectors in the state to boost his candidacy for the Paraná government in 2026, but does not eliminate all the obstacles faced by the former Lava Jato judge.
Despite being well positioned in polls, Moro saw the problems expand with Paulo Martins’s affiliation in the New Party and the advance of the Federation between União Brasil and PP.
GENIAL Survey/Quaest shows the former Lava Jato judge with 38%, in a comfortable level compared to the three opponents presented to respondents.
The current deputy mayor of Curitiba and former federal deputy Paulo Martins (Novo) records 8%; The CEO of Itaipu and former Federal Deputy Enio Verri (PT) has 7%; and Guto Silva (PSD), who is Secretary of State for Cities in Management (PSD), appears with 6%. Whites and nulls reach 28%, and 13% are undecided.
União Brasil was controlled in Paraná by the Francischini family. Federal Deputy Felipe Francischini resigned to the presidency of the subtitle in a letter released by Moro on a social network, this Thursday. In it, Felipe says he leaves “with a feeling of mission accomplished” by the election results of 2020 here and does not mention Moro. The senator, in turn, thanks the “brave and altruistic gesture” of the parliamentarian.
Affiliated to União Brasil since 2022, when he won the elections to the Senate, Moro faced his greatest wear in the relationship with the acronym during the 2024 elections, when he disputed names of co -religionists released in strategic cities in Paraná and the party summit.
In Curitiba, where he managed to launch his wife as a candidate for deputy mayor, the plate led by state deputy Ney Leprevost (União Brasil) wreck. Ney and federal deputy Rosangela Moro (União Brasil-SP) obtained only 6.49% of the valid votes, finishing the race in fourth place. The election was won by the group of Governor Ratinho Junior, via (PSD).
In the first half, Ratinho Junior opted to, which was interpreted in the political environment as a message to the senator. In the Labor Folder, the State Representative of Carmo, who has lived in the turras with Moro since the election of 2024, and came out the state deputy Mauro Moraes, ally of the senator.
Who also maintains affiliated in positions in the government of Paraná is the PP, controlled by federal deputy Ricardo Barros, who led the industry portfolio in the management Ratinho Junior until the beginning of the year.
Despite the advance in the construction of the Federation between PP and União Brasil at the National Plan, the union between the two acronyms in Paraná is complex. Barros and Moro are not considered allies.
On the night of Wednesday (3), when there was already confirmation of the transfer of office of Felipe Francischini to Moro, the PP Paraná issued a note states that “there is no consensus on the indication of the presidency of the Progressive Union Federation in the state.”
“The lack of consensus reflects on the impossibility of the registration of candidacy for the State Government, in the Electoral Court,” the note continues. “Progressives reaffirm their commitment to building decisions collectively, listening to all leaders,” he concludes.
In addition to the impasse with the PP, Moro was also surprised last month with the entry of Paulo Martins in the race to the state government. The deputy mayor of Curitiba left the PL and launched himself in the dispute supported by the Novo Party, which in Paraná is under the guard of federal deputy Cassado Deltan Dallagnol, former attorney of Lava Jato and former partner of Moro.
Paulo Martins fought a fierce dispute with Moro in the Senate elections in 2022, and operates in the same electoral field of the current senator. “Paul is someone who fights for our freedoms, for Christian and conservative principles. And someone who is an antipetista in mind and heart,” Deltan said.
Martins is a personal friend of Ratinho Junior and there are allies who believe that the rehearsal to the Iguaçu Palace can slip in an alliance with the PSD, which has so far worked for.
