Roberto Cláudio Joins União Brasil as Opposition Rallies for Ceará 2026

Overview

• Roberto Cláudio formally joined União Brasil at a Brasília ceremony on November 5 attended by Ceará opposition figures and national leaders including Antônio Rueda, ACM Neto and PL chief Valdemar Costa Neto.
• Rueda hailed the move as the "beginning of change" in Ceará and highlighted growing alignment with PSDB and PL to confront what he described as a governmental malaise.
• Capitão Wagner said Cláudio will lead the party’s Fortaleza directory to strengthen local organization as opposition figures prepare a project to contest the 2026 election.
• União Brasil in Ceará remains divided, with federal deputies Fernanda Pessoa and Moses Rodrigues signaling support for Governor Elmano de Freitas even as Wagner says those backing Elmano should leave the party.
• Cláudio said the party faced heavy pressure before his filiation, credited negotiation led by Wagner for clearing the path, and underscored public security and criminal faction violence as priority themes.