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PCO urges supporters to cast blank ballots in Brazil presidential runoff
The PCO urged voters to cast blank ballots in Brazil’s presidential runoff between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro.
The decision was approved on October 11 at the party’s national conference in São Paulo.
The move reverses the PCO’s support for Lula in 2022, though the party also backed him in several earlier elections.
The PCO says neither candidate represents working-class interests.
Its leader, Rui Costa Pimenta, said the party does not view Lula as opposing the current political system.
The party also criticises Lula’s economic policies and ties with right-wing groups and the Supreme Federal Court, while rejecting Flávio Bolsonaro’s candidacy.
The PCO says it will maintain its political independence, and no further steps were specified.
The Workers’ Cause Party (PCO) urged its supporters to cast blank ballots in Brazil’s presidential runoff between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro.
The decision was approved on Sunday, October 11, at the party’s national conference in São Paulo.
The PCO said neither candidate represents the interests of the working class.
Party leader Rui Costa Pimenta said the party does not consider Lula an opposition candidate to the current political system.
The move marks a change from 2022, when the PCO supported Lula.
- Who
- The Workers’ Cause Party (PCO) urged its members and voters to cast blank ballots.
- What
- The party announced it would not endorse either candidate in the presidential runoff between Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro.
- When
- The decision was approved on October 11, 2026, and reported on October 12.
- Where
- The party’s 39th National Conference in São Paulo.
- Why
- The PCO said neither candidate represents working-class interests. It also cited its opposition to Lula’s political alliances and policies.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The PCO supported Lula in the presidential election.
The PCO approved its blank-ballot position at its national conference in São Paulo.
The party’s position was reported by Diário Causa Operária.
- Runoff candidates
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro
- Decision date
- October 11, 2026
- Conference
- 39th National Conference in São Paulo
- Rui Costa Pimenta’s first-round votes
- 15,024
- Previous PCO position
- Supported Lula in 2022
What people are saying
The PT made an alliance with what is worst in the Brazilian political regime, which is the STF
Our position is for class independence and revolution. We do not see Lula at this moment meeting these conditions
Sources
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