Overview
- Six PSOL candidates issued a joint public note announcing an electoral articulation they named the 'bancada da macumba' to carry terreiro concerns into the Chamber of Deputies.
- The group says its core aim is to convert the cultural and social power of terreiros—Afro‑Brazilian religious communities—into concrete influence on lawmaking, budget decisions and national public policy.
- Membership is open to practitioners of religions of African matrix as well as researchers, educators and allied parliamentarians who publicly commit to the agenda.
- Founding members are Adriano Fiúza (Distrito Federal), Mãe Su de Nanã (São Paulo), Renato Fonseca (Pernambuco), Wesley Mendes (Bahia), Mãe Bernadete de Oxóssi (Bahia) and Ariane Magalhães (Rio de Janeiro).
- PSOL issued a statement framing the initiative as driven by party members and reaffirming support for religious freedom and measures to combat religious racism; the articulation could shift how terreiro communities are treated in policy and budget priorities if its candidates win seats.