MDB Unveils Centrist Platform Urging Fiscal Austerity, Administrative Reform

Overview

• The MDB presented a new programmatic document at its national meeting in Brasília positioning the party as a pragmatic center with economic liberalism and social responsibility.
• The text faults Brazil’s slow growth and worsening inequality and calls for a new direction anchored in tighter public finances and an overhaul of the state.
• Proposals include linking parliamentary amendments to thematic priorities in the federal budget and PPA, avoiding new taxes, using debt-to-GDP to limit spending, and supporting pension and administrative reforms.
• The document, coordinated by Aldo Rebelo through the Fundação Ulysses Guimarães, will be circulated to leading 2026 presidential candidates as a policy reference.
• Leaders reaffirmed that endorsements will be decided in 2026 as factions differ over backing Tarcísio de Freitas or Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the launch drew MDB figures including ministers Simone Tebet, Jader Filho and Renan Filho, São Paulo mayor Ricardo Nunes, and former president José Sarney.