Brazilian party, União Brasil, lost 7 of the 8 deputies elected in 2018 by the PSL party in Rio State

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The União Brasil has been losing many deputies across the country, mainly Bolsonarists who were still in the PSL, but in Rio de Janeiro, it was a strike. The party lost seven of the eight deputies elected in 2018 by the PSL in the state. The MPs who left the party born from the merger of DEM and PSL split between Jair Bolsonaro’s PL and Roberto Jefferson’s PTB.

Márcio Labre, Luiz Lima, Carlos Jordy, Major Fabiana, and Hélio Negão went to the PL. Daniel Silveira’s affiliation to the PTB is almost certain, but the deputy is still talking to the Republicanos.

União Brasil no longer has the largest federal bench in the state. The party president is betting on the candidacy of old names in politics to get a good bench in the House. Among them are former governor Anthony Garotinho, Eduardo Cunha’s daughter Danielle Cunha, and the Brazão family heirs.

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