Superior Electoral Court registers 12 presidential bids

Brazil´s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) has received 12 presidential candidacy applications for the October elections. The deadline for registration ended on Monday (Aug. 15).

After the candidates are approved at the party conventions, the request for the registration of candidates at the Electoral Justice is a formality to verify if they have any legal restrictions to running in the election.

Once the requests are received, the applications will be published by the court. After this, a five-day period will be opened for opposing candidates and parties, and the Electoral Prosecutor´s Office (MPE) to contest the applications.

The next step will be the trial of the registration by the minister who has been raffled to report on the case, which should be judged by September 12.

Applications

The first two registrations filed at the Superior Electoral Court at the beginning of the month were requested by candidates Pablo Marçal (Pros - Republican Party of the Social Order) and Sofia Manzano (PCB - Brazilian Communist Party), and their respective running mates Fátima Pérola Neggra (Pros) and Antônio Alves (PCB).

Next, Felipe D'Avila (Novo – New Party) and his running mate Tiago Mitraud (Novo) registered their bids.

Léo Péricles (UP – Popular Union) and his running mate Samara Martins (UP) have also requested their registration at the Electoral Court.

On August 6, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT - Workers’ Party) and his running mate Geraldo Alckmin (PSB - Brazilian Socialist Party) registered their candidacies at the Electoral Justice.

The following day (Aug. 7), TSE received a bid request from Senator Simone Tebet (MDB - Brazilian Democratic Movement) and her running mate Senator Mara Gabrilli (PSDB-SP).

On the same day, PSTU - Unified Socialist Workers’ Party indicated Vera Lúcia and indigenous woman Raquel Tremembé as presidential and running mate candidates.

Ciro Gomes registered his presidential bid on August 8, together with his running mate Ana Paula Matos, both members of PDT (Democratic Labor Party).

On Wednesday (Aug. 10), President Jair Bolsonaro filed a request for his registration as a presidential candidate for reelection with his running mate and former Defense Minister Walter Braga Netto.

On Friday (Aug. 12), the presidential ticket formed by Senator Soraya Thronicke (União – Brazil Union) and economist and former Internal Revenue Service secretary Marcos Cintra (União) requested their registration.

On the same day, the Electoral Court filed the bid registration of former Congressman Roberto Jefferson (PTB - Brazilian Labor Party) and his running mate Priest Kelmon (PTB).

The last request was made on Saturday (Aug. 13) by presidential candidate José Maria Eymael and his running mate Professor Bravo, both from the Christian Democracy Party (DC).