Eight members of the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement, or MST, were elected to legislative bodies in the October 4 elections.
This includes four lawmakers heading to Brazil’s lower house of Congress and four representatives to state legislatures.
They were all elected, representing the Workers’ Party. They came from different states and regions of the country.
Valmir Assunção, from Bahia; Rosa Amorim, from Pernambuco; Marcon, from Rio Grande do Sul; and João Daniel, from Sergipe, were all elected to Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Congress. All four have a history of activism linked to the movement and standing up for agrarian reform.
Rosa Amorim, who was already serving as a lawmaker in the Pernambuco Legislative Assembly, is the first female member of the MST to reach the Chamber of Deputies. She was born in the Normandia settlement in Caruaru. She began her activism with the MST during childhood and was elected to the Pernambuco Legislative Assembly in 2022.
Valmir Assunção, João Daniel, and Marcon were re-elected.
The MST also saw the re-election of Adão Pretto Filho, from Rio Grande do Sul; Marina do MST, from Rio de Janeiro; and Missias, from Ceará.
In this election, MST member Camilo Daniel also won a seat in the Sergipe Legislative Assembly.
Who was elected – Federal Deputies
- Valmir Assunção (PT-BA)
- Rosa Amorim (PT-PE)
- Marcon (PT-RS)
- João Daniel (PT-SE)
- State Legislative Assembly
- Adão Pretto Filho (PT-RS)
- Marina do MST (PT-RJ)
- Camilo Daniel (PT-SE)
- Missias (PT-CE)
