Act (Brazil)

Act[2] (Portuguese: Agir), formerly named National Reconstruction Party (Portuguese: Partido da Reconstrução Nacional; PRN) and Christian Labour Party (Portuguese: Partido Trabalhista Cristão; PTC), is a political party in Brazil.

For the French political party, see Agir (France).
Act
Agir
PresidentDaniel Tourinho
Founded11 July 1985 (1985-07-11)
Registered22 February 1990 (1990-02-22)
HeadquartersBrasília, Federal District, Brazil
Membership (2022)195,979[1]
IdeologyChristian democracy
Political position
National affiliation
Colors  Blue
Slogan"It's time to Act!"
TSE ID Number36
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 513
Federal Senate
0 / 81
State assemblies
12 / 1,024
Mayors
1 / 5,568
City councillors
220 / 56,810
Website
www.agir36.com.br

The party was founded in 1985 as the Youth Party (Partido da Juventude, PJ) by Daniel Tourinho, a Brazilian lawyer. In 1989 the party was renamed National Reconstruction Party. Fernando Collor de Mello represented the party in the 1989 Brazilian presidential election, the country's first direct election since the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état, which followed a redemocratization process started in the 1980s. Collor was elected president and took office in 1990. The party carried out a platform of encouraging free trade, opening Brazil's market to imports, privatizing state-run companies, and attempting to reduce Brazil's rampant hyperinflation by way of the Plano Collor (Collor Plan), which significantly reduced inflation rates in 1991,[3] but was followed by a renewed and persistent, though smaller uptick in 1992. Inflation continued rising until the 1994 Plano Real.

Following the impeachment of Fernando Collor for corruption and influence peddling charges in 1992, the party lost suffered a deep confidence crisis, lost all federal representation and eventually changed its name to Christian Labour Party (Partido Trabalhista Cristão, PTC) in 2000.

In 2016, Collor, elected senator in 2007, re-joined PTC, which thus regained federal parliamentary representation.[4] He left in 2019 to join the Republican Party of the Social Order and PTC again lost representation.[5]

In 2022, the party rebranded, changing its name to "Agir".[6]

In 2022, the party supported the pre-candidacy of Lula da Silva for the 2022 Brazilian general election, joining the alliance Let's go together for Brazil. It remains allied with the Workers Party and other coalition members.

Electoral history

Legislative elections
Election Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate Role in government
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/–
1990 3,357,091 8.29%
40 / 502
 New N/A N/A
2 / 31
 New Coalition
1994 184,727 0.40%
1 / 513
 Decrease 39 1,628,491 1.70%
0 / 54
 Decrease 2 Opposition
1998 54,641 0.08%
0 / 513
 Decrease 1 99,077 0.16%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2002 74,955 0.09%
0 / 513
 Steady 0 3,784 0.00%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2006 806,662 0.87%
4 / 513
 Increase 4 39,690 0.05%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Independent
2010 595,431 0.62%
1 / 513
 Decrease 3 282,629 0.17%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Independent
2014 338,117 0.35%
2 / 513
 Increase 2 21,993 0.02%
0 / 81
 Steady 0 Coalition (2014–2016)
Independent (2016–2018)
2018 601,814 0.61%
2 / 513
 Steady 0 222,931 0.13%
1 / 81
 Increase 1 Opposition
2022 159,865 0.15%
0 / 513
 Decrease 2 24,076 0.02%
0 / 81
 Decrease 1 Extra-parliamentary
  1. Originally established as For Brazil to keep on changing.
  2. Originally established as Brazil can do more.

Notes

    References
    1. "Estatísticas do eleitorado - Eleitores filiados". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
    2. "TSE aprova alteração e Partido Trabalhista Cristão passa a se chamar Agir". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). 31 March 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
    3. Cury, Anay; Gasparin, Gabriela (29 September 2012). "Planejado contra hiperinflação, plano Collor deu início à abertura comercial". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
    4. Sardinha, Edson (6 April 2016). "Collor volta ao partido pelo qual se elegeu presidente e sofreu impeachment". Congresso em Foco (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
    5. "Senador Fernando Collor anuncia filiação ao PROS". G1 (in Portuguese). 15 January 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
    6. "Sobre o Partido – AGIR36" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-15.
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