Act (Brazil)

Act

Agir
Act Agir
President	Daniel Tourinho
Founded	11 July 1985; 39 years ago
Registered	22 February 1990; 34 years ago
Headquarters	Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
Membership (2022)	195,979
Ideology	Christian democracy
Political position	Centre to centre-right; Historic:; Right-wing;
National affiliation	With the Strength of the People (2010–13); Change Brazil (2013–14);
Colors	Blue
Slogan	"It's time to Act!"
TSE ID Number	36
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 513
Federal Senate	0 / 81
State assemblies	12 / 1,024
Mayors	1 / 5,568
City councillors	220 / 56,810
Website
	www.agir36.com.br
	Politics of Brazil; Political parties; Elections;

Act^[2] (Portuguese: Agir), formerly named National Reconstruction Party (Portuguese: Partido da Reconstrução Nacional; PRN) and Christian Labour Party (Portuguese: Partido Trabalhista Cristão; PTC), is a political party in Brazil.

The party was founded in 1985 as the Youth Party (Partido da Juventude, PJ) by Daniel Tourinho, a Brazilian lawyer. In 1989 the party was renamed National Reconstruction Party. Fernando Collor de Mello represented the party in the 1989 Brazilian presidential election, the country's first direct election since the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état, which followed a redemocratization process started in the 1980s. Collor was elected president and took office in 1990. The party carried out a platform of encouraging free trade, opening Brazil's market to imports, privatizing state-run companies, and attempting to reduce Brazil's rampant hyperinflation by way of the Plano Collor (Collor Plan), which significantly reduced inflation rates in 1991,^[3] but was followed by a renewed and persistent, though smaller uptick in 1992. Inflation continued rising until the 1994 Plano Real.

Following the impeachment of Fernando Collor for corruption and influence peddling charges in 1992, the party lost suffered a deep confidence crisis, lost all federal representation^{[citation needed]} and eventually changed its name to Christian Labour Party (Partido Trabalhista Cristão, PTC) in 2000.

In 2016, Collor, elected senator in 2007, re-joined PTC, which thus regained federal parliamentary representation.^[4] He left in 2019 to join the Republican Party of the Social Order and PTC again lost representation.^[5]

In 2022, the party rebranded, changing its name to "Agir".^[6]

In 2022, the party supported the pre-candidacy of Lula da Silva for the 2022 Brazilian general election, joining the alliance Let's go together for Brazil. It remains allied with the Workers Party and other coalition members.

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Election	Chamber of Deputies				Federal Senate				Role in government
Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Role in government
1990	3,357,091	8.29%	40 / 502	New	N/A	N/A	2 / 31	New	Coalition
1994	184,727	0.40%	1 / 513	39	1,628,491	1.70%	0 / 54	2	Opposition
1998	54,641	0.08%	0 / 513	1	99,077	0.16%	0 / 81	0	Extra-parliamentary
2002	74,955	0.09%	0 / 513	0	3,784	0.00%	0 / 81	0	Extra-parliamentary
2006	806,662	0.87%	4 / 513	4	39,690	0.05%	0 / 81	0	Independent
2010	595,431	0.62%	1 / 513	3	282,629	0.17%	0 / 81	0	Independent
2014	338,117	0.35%	2 / 513	2	21,993	0.02%	0 / 81	0	Coalition (2014–2016)
2014	338,117	0.35%	2 / 513	2	21,993	0.02%	0 / 81	0	Independent (2016–2018)
2018	601,814	0.61%	2 / 513	0	222,931	0.13%	1 / 81	1	Opposition
2022	159,865	0.15%	0 / 513	2	24,076	0.02%	0 / 81	1	Extra-parliamentary

^ Originally established as For Brazil to keep on changing.
^ Originally established as Brazil can do more.

Notes

References

^ "Estatísticas do eleitorado - Eleitores filiados". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ "TSE aprova alteração e Partido Trabalhista Cristão passa a se chamar Agir". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). 31 March 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ Cury, Anay; Gasparin, Gabriela (29 September 2012). "Planejado contra hiperinflação, plano Collor deu início à abertura comercial". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ Sardinha, Edson (6 April 2016). "Collor volta ao partido pelo qual se elegeu presidente e sofreu impeachment". Congresso em Foco (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ "Senador Fernando Collor anuncia filiação ao PROS". G1 (in Portuguese). 15 January 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ "Sobre o Partido – AGIR36" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-15.

External links

Official website (in Portuguese)

Preceded by 35 - PBW (PMB)	Numbers of Brazilian Official Political Parties 36 - ACT (AGIR)	Succeeded by 40 - BSP (PSB)

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[2] Originally established as For Brazil to keep on changing.

[3] Originally established as Brazil can do more.

[1] "Estatísticas do eleitorado - Eleitores filiados". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[4] "TSE aprova alteração e Partido Trabalhista Cristão passa a se chamar Agir". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). 31 March 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[5] Cury, Anay; Gasparin, Gabriela (29 September 2012). "Planejado contra hiperinflação, plano Collor deu início à abertura comercial". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[6] Sardinha, Edson (6 April 2016). "Collor volta ao partido pelo qual se elegeu presidente e sofreu impeachment". Congresso em Foco (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[7] "Senador Fernando Collor anuncia filiação ao PROS". G1 (in Portuguese). 15 January 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[8] "Sobre o Partido – AGIR36" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-15.

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