The governor of Maranhão, , asked to disaffiliate from the party on September 17th without informing the party, who discovered the news when preparing a meeting to expel him.
Brandão, who had joined the party in March 2022, filed his departure directly with the Electoral Court.
The decision was already expected, especially after he was replaced by senator Ana Paula Lobato, married to state deputy Othelino Neto (Solidariedade), the governor’s opponent.
Lobato had called a meeting of the state Executive for this Tuesday (21) to discuss, among other things, the expulsion of Brandão from the party, in response to complaints made by deputies Márcio Jerry (PC of B-MA) and Rubens Pereira Jr. (PT-MA) about violations of parliamentary prerogatives. They claim that the Civil Police of Maranhão were being politically used to persecute opponents of Governor Brandão and embarrass allies.
Given the information that the governor had already disaffiliated, the PSB in Maranhão released a note signed by Lobato communicating that it decided, unanimously, to recommend that members who currently hold positions in the government leave their positions.
To the Panel Lobato says that the break with the Brandão government occurred in 2024. “My return to the PSB already reflects, naturally, that the party is starting to oppose the government”, he states.
Brandão was an ally of today’s STF (Supreme Federal Court) minister Flávio Dino. Under negotiation in 2022, Brandão. However, the current governor of Maranhão has chosen the name of his nephew Orleans Brandão to replace him in the position. O , who tries to pacify the scenario.
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