Elections Brazil: Sérgio Moro abandons his presidential candidacy

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Former judge Sergio Moro left Podemos, the party he joined in November 2021, and decided to join União Brasil on Thursday, December 31. This afternoon, Moro announced that he had abandoned his candidacy for President of the Republic.

“To join the new party, at this moment, I renounce the presidential candidacy, and I will be a soldier of democracy to realize the dream of a better Brazil,” Moro said in an official statement. According to him, the change of legends was communicated to the leadership of Podemos.

The former justice minister in the Bolsonaro government has not yet announced the post for which he intends to run for União Brasil. Most likely, he will seek a seat in the House of Representatives or the Senate.

Moro met with União Brasil national president Luciano Bivar on Monday, June 28. The two spoke about the possibility of uniting the third way to face the candidacies of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and Jair Bolsonaro (PL). União Brasil was formed in October 2021 from the merger of DEM and PSL.

During his four months with Podemos, Moro failed to advance in the polls. The latest EXAME/IDEIA poll, released March 24, shows the former judge receiving 9% of the vote for president.