Without being able to count on the main vote-stealers for the House of Representatives in the recent elections, the Liberal Party in São Paulo continues to search for competing candidates for the 2026 elections. One of the names recently requested by party leaders is broadcaster Sequeira Junior.
Born in Pernambuco, Sequeira became known to the general public as a presenter of the police program Manaus (AM) and as a defender of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) during the pandemic.
the Capitals It found that talks with PL São Paulo are ongoing, but could be disrupted by the fact that the presenter is also in negotiations to conclude a contract with another broadcaster. Currently, he continues to present TV A Crítica in Amazonas, where he directs the popular program “Alerta”.
Hizb ut-Tahrir is not the first party to seek the help of Sikira for an electoral project. União Brasil also went so far as to consider offering membership and possible nomination to the Amazonas government. But the talks calmed down.
The report is trying to contact Sikêra Júnior. The field remains open for demonstrations.
Find the handles
- For the 2026 elections, Hizb ut-Tahrir will not rely on key vote-getters in the last election.
- The party’s most voted-for MP in 2022, with 946,000 votes, Carla Zambelli is imprisoned in Italy and is expected to lose her term as MP.
- The party’s second best candidate, Eduardo Bolsonaro (742,000 votes), is in the United States and became a defendant in the Federal Supreme Court (STF) for coercion after clarifying sanctions imposed by the Trump administration against Brazilian authorities amid pressure against the coup plot investigation. Moreover, if he is still able to run in the elections, Bolsonaro’s son 03 should run for the Senate or even for the presidency.
- After the ‘voted champions’ of the Premier League in 2022, come Ricardo Salles and Guilherme Dirit. They both left the party and moved to Novo and Progress respectively.
- Faced with the “solution”, the party begins to think about candidates who can “drag” other names to the seats of federal representatives.
- In this scenario, among the main hopes for a good vote in 2026 are São Paulo council members Lucas Pavanato and Zoe Martinez. It is also possible that Renato Bolsonaro, brother of former President Jair Bolsonaro, could run for the seat.
Bench in Sao Paulo
The Liberal Party, including Zambelli and Eduardo, has 18 federal deputies from São Paulo. In 2022, the party cast 5.1 million votes for the House of Representatives – representing 21.6% of the votes of federal MPs.
Nearly half of the votes went to the four top-voting candidates, who cast 2.5 million votes but will not run in 2026.