State deputy Roberto Cidade () was elected the new governor of Amazonas in an indirect election this Monday (4).
He was chosen unanimously by the 24 state deputies, in an open and nominal vote in Amazonas. Former state deputy Serafim Corrêa (PSB) was elected vice-governor.
The inauguration of the elected ticket will take place this Monday, in the late afternoon.
Roberto Cidade is president of the Legislative Assembly and had taken over the government on an interim basis in April after the governor (União Brasil) and his deputy Tadeu de Souza () surprised the political community by resigning an hour before the end of the non-compliance deadline.
Wilson Lima had initially said that he would not resign to run in the October elections, but decided to resign from the position, as required by law, to be a candidate for the . Tadeu de Souza will run for a seat in the .
The maneuver meant that the Assembly had to call an indirect election. In total, five candidates competed for the position. In addition to Roberto Cidade, the only one in the dispute who held an elected position, William Bittar (), Sérgio Bezerra (Novo), Daniel Araújo () and Cícero Alencar (DC) competed.
The choice of the buffer governor was exclusively up to the 24 state deputies.
With the election for the Government of Amazonas, the tendency is for Roberto Cidade to be a candidate for re-election in October.
The candidacy must change the electoral table, which has names such as senator Omar Aziz (PSD), businesswoman Maria do Carmo Seffair () and former mayor David Almeida () in the running for government.
Aziz is the candidate supported by the president (PT), while Maria do Carmo will lead the (PL) platform. David Almeida and Roberto Cidade remain equidistant from the presidential race. Amazonas is the second largest electoral college in the North region, with 2.7 million voters.
Roberto Cidade began his political career in 2016 as a councilor in Manaus and is currently a second-term state deputy. In 2024, he ran for mayor of the capital with the support of Governor Wilson Lima, but came in fourth.
