Overview
- The PL met in Brasília on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, and left without a unified stance, prompting leadership to open an individual, secret consultation of the party’s 121 deputies.
- Valdemar Costa Neto will send a private ballot to each PL deputy and state party directories will tally responses in a process expected to take about 15 days before a final decision is announced.
- Sóstenes Cavalcante was reconfirmed as the PL’s leader in the Chamber during the meeting even as many speakers reportedly favored running a PL candidate rather than backing Hugo Motta.
- Hugo Motta already commands formal support from 15 parties totaling roughly 361 deputies, a structural majority that could secure his re‑election and leave a failed PL bid politically isolated.
- The internal result will reshape bargaining for the February 1, 2027, Chamber presidency vote because the outcome affects allocation of Mesa Diretora seats and committee presidencies for PL deputies.