“Who here is under 18?”, asked state deputy Arthur do Val (Patriota) as soon as he took the microphone at the 6th edition of the National Congress of the Free Brazil Movement (MBL), the day before yesterday. Among those present, most raised their hands. In one corner, a 12-year-old boy dressed as Spider-Man caught the attention of the speakers on stage.
“Generation Z” – a definition for people born between the second half of the 1990s and the first decade of the 2000s – represented a good part of the public at the event that brought together several representatives of the presidential candidates who are part of the political center.
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On Friday, the pre-candidates Eduardo Leite (PSDB), Luiz Henrique Mandetta (DEM) and Luiz Felipe d’Ávila (Novo) held a light and convergent debate on the need for an articulation to face the polarization between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro.
João Doria (PSDB) participated in a previous panel in which he directed harsh criticisms of the president and the PT leader.
The event left, however, for its end, before a closing ballad, the presence of former judge Sérgio Moro, pre-candidate for President by Podemos. The movement’s support for the former judge was evident – the MBL was one of the main groups that, in 2016, took to the streets in defense of the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff (PT). Applauded, Moro was introduced by Adelaide Oliveira, leader of the MBL, as the “next president of Brazil”. In an interview with presenter Danilo Gentili, the former judge said that he “talks” with third way names.
Engaging the younger portion of militancy in the movement’s agenda is one of the objectives of the event, held in the last two days in São Paulo. Earlier this year, the group launched the “Academia MBL” platform, which offers courses related to political activism. “There has to be renewal,” said Congressman Kim Kataguiri (DEM-SP). “We have a duty to forge new representatives who carry the ‘MBL method’ and honor the vote of each one of you who are here,” said São Paulo councilor Rubinho Nunes (PSL).
‘SHOOTED’. The group also uses other strategies to sell itself as “cool” to teenagers. The event was held in an “alternative” and unusual place for political debates, on the tracks of Mooca. Part of the agenda are classes given inside the disabled trains that are at the site. Scattered around the congress space, there are also food-trucks, colorful puffs, “Athens” and “Sparta” flags – how students are divided at the Academy. A “ballad” ended the event. The program also has “debate championships” and a “simulated parliament”, where those present can “play” politics.
Rafael Ghida, aged 12, traveled with his father from Porto Alegre to participate in the congress. He claims that he is in militancy because he believes in a “future in which all people are free to be whatever they want”, and that, when he is old enough to vote, he intends to support ideals, and not necessarily names that are on the MBL platform.
The information is from the newspaper The State of São Paulo.
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