The PT is expected to approve a resolution this Thursday (29) that uses the case to reinforce the party’s criticism of the financial market. The text, to which the Sheet had access, will also defend zero fares on public transport and the reduction of working hours, two themes that are expected to appear in the president’s re-election campaign.
“The financial scandals, such as that of Banco Master and others, which expose corruption and promiscuity between part of the market and organized crime”, states the proposed resolution that must be approved, “reveal that the ongoing dispute is structural” – the text mentions other factors, such as “the permanent offensive of the extreme right”.
The party must state that the current political dispute “is about the confrontation between a project that defends democracy and development with sovereignty and social justice and a project that seeks to subordinate the Brazilian State to the interests of financial capital, digital platforms without democratic control and an authoritarian agenda”.
The Banco Master scandal involves market and political operators. The owner of the bank, , was arrested for 12 days last year and is now .
The case gained relevance after the . , according to one of the statements given to the investigation.
In the resolution debated by the PT, criticism of the financial market appears at different times.
“The upcoming electoral dispute will not only be between candidacies, but between antagonistic projects: on the one hand, the democratic, popular and sovereign project that puts the people back at the center of the State’s decisions; on the other, the authoritarian, exclusionary project and subordinated to the interests of rentier capital and the global extreme right, represented by Bolsonarism, regardless of who will be its spokesperson at the polls”, states the document under discussion.
The former president (PL) chose his son, the senator (PL-RJ), . Forces more to the center.
The party also defends a drop in interest rates. On Wednesday (28), but signaled that it will make a cut in March.
In addition, the document must include an excerpt on public safety. The debate on the topic is a historical deficiency of the PT. There is a consensus in the political world that, in 2026, the issue should be one of the main issues in the presidential campaign.
“The extreme right tries to dispute the social imaginary based on the public security debate in an irresponsible way and without presenting concrete solutions, mobilizing terms such as ‘narcoterrorism'”, states the text.
“This narrative, which operates through fear, reinforces authoritarian actions and offers simplistic answers to complex problems, exploiting the feeling of lack of security experienced by the population”, states the text.
The party will instruct its members to defend the reduction of working hours, zero fares on public transport and proposals to increase social security for app workers.
