Overview
- The electoral court approved the União Progressista federation on Thursday, creating a single bloc for a four-year term.
- The judges ordered fixes to the statute to block unlimited reappointment of leaders and to require due process before national leaders can intervene in state bodies.
- Antônio de Rueda will serve as president with Ciro Nogueira as vice president, and the allied parties cannot run against each other for president, governor or mayor during the federation.
- Newsrooms tally the bloc as one of the biggest in Congress, reporting 101 to 109 federal deputies and 12 to 15 senators, figures that may shift during the party-switch window that runs to early April.
- State-level strains persist, with Mendonça Filho in Pernambuco asking to cancel the deal and Ceará leaders split over alignments, while political moves continue such as Sergio Moro leaving for the PL this week.