The Renewal Labour Party (, PTR) was a Brazilian

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founded under a provisory registration in July 1985. Under the presidency of its founder, Iran Pereira da Silva, the PTR was a

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party. It defended the adoption of an emergency program to "generate new productive centers and work fronts," the implementation of a housing policy aimed at the working class, the creation of a

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, the suspension of

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payments for a minimum period of five years, among other points. In 1986, the PTR supported the victorious candidacy of

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for the government of the state of

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. In the same year, it participated in the elections for the National Constituent Assembly, but failed to elect any representative. However, the party hosted the constituent deputy from Rio de Janeiro, Messias Soares, for a few months. In the 1989 presidential election, the party formally supported the candidacy of the former governor of

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Fernando Collor de Mello Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (; born 12 August 1949) is a Brazilian politician who served as the 32nd president of Brazil from 1990 to 1992, when he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his impeachment trial by the Brazilian Senate. Collor ...

, joining a colligation with the

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(PRN), the

Social Labour Party The Social Labour Party (, PST) was a Brazilian political party. Founded in 1983, with the publication of its manifesto and statute, it received permanent registration in 1990 and, three years later, merged with the Renewal Labour Party (PTR), c ...

(PST), and the Social Christian Party (PSC). In the 1990 elections, the party elected two governors: Osvaldo Piana Filho, in

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, and

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. It also elected two federal deputies: Paulo Cardoso de Almeida and Benedito Domingos, who integrated the governing coalition in the

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. On March 22, 1990, it received a definitive registration from the

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(TSE). In the first semester of 1992, the

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was seriously shaken by accusations of corruption, which resulted in the opening of an impeachment process against the president. The party attempted to dissociate itself from Collor's image, although investigations pointed to evidence of involvement of some party leaders in the corruption scheme set up within the government.

Fusion

In October 1992, the PTR and the PST officially formed a parliamentary bloc in the Congress, the first step towards the merger of the two parties. On February 2, 1993, the fusion took place, creating the Progressive Party (PP), nationally presided by the former governor of

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. Some dissidents followed

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to found the

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in 1994.{{Cite web , title=PARTIDO RENOVADOR TRABALHISTA BRASILEIRO (PRTB) , url=https://www18.fgv.br/cpdoc/acervo/dicionarios/verbete-tematico/partido-renovador-trabalhista-brasileiro-prtb , access-date=17 June 2023 , website=FGV CPDOC , language=pt

References

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