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The
Democrats (
Democratas) is a
political party in
Brazil, considered the main
centre-right party of Brazil. Despite its former name (Liberal Front Party), the party affiliates itself to the
Centrist Democrat International, formerly Christian Democrat International. DEM's electoral code is 25 and its colors are
green,
blue and
white.
History
The party is an heir of the liberal factions of
ARENA (
Aliança Renovadora Nacional), the official party of the military regime that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985. The party was founded as the Liberal Front in
1985, after a split in the
Democratic Social Party (former ARENA), and supported the presidential candidacy of
Tancredo Neves of the
Brazilian Party for Democratic Movement, against the official candidate of the military dictatorship,
Paulo Maluf.
At the
legislative elections,
6 october 2002, the party won 84 out of 513 seats in the
Chamber of Deputies and 19 out of 81 seats in the
Senate. At the elections of October 1, 2006, the party won 65 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 18 of the 48 seats on dispute in the Senate. It is the second largest party in the Senate. The party usually doesn't run presidential candidates, but does run gubernatorial candidates in several states. At the 2006 elections the party lost several state governorships, but won the governorship of the
Distrito Federal. In 2007, the party adopted its current name.
Ideology
In 2006, the party's former president
Jorge Bornhausen stated in an interview to Brazil's most-read newsmagazine,
Veja, that the party was to be considered centrist and adept of
social liberalism. However, other party leaders have classified it as "internationally, closest to christian democracy".
The party is considered to hold
right-wing political and economic positions, though it's also generally regarded as very "pragmatic", often engaging in political alliances with parties whose position on the political spectrum is different from the Democrats'.
It was part of
Fernando Henrique Cardoso's governing coalition, and is currently one of the two main opposition parties to
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's
Workers' Party government (the other being the
Brazilian Social Democracy Party).
Further Information
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