{"id":72631,"date":"2022-10-29T16:22:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T19:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=72631"},"modified":"2022-11-02T10:58:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T13:58:39","slug":"the-victory-of-marielle-francos-successors-in-rios-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=72631","title":{"rendered":"The Victory of Marielle Franco\u2019s Successors in Rio\u2019s Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Original artwork by Rafael Moura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

Citizens of Rio de Janeiro state had a shock on the night of October 2, or at least those that believed the opinion polls. The margin of error was much greater than the nine percentage points predicted<\/a> by some research institutes. Claudio Castro<\/a> (Liberal Party – PL<\/a>) was reelected Rio state governor with 58.67% of the vote<\/a>, while his adversary Marcelo Freixo<\/a> (Brazilian Socialist Party – PSB<\/a>) received 27.38%. Meanwhile, Rodrigo Neves<\/a> (Democratic Labor Party – PDT<\/a>) received 8% of valid votes. Despite this result, which maintains an extreme-right politician in the post of governor, the number of progressive candidates elected to the Rio de Janeiro State Legislative Assembly (ALERJ<\/a>) has increased.<\/p>\n

Political representatives who are black and born and raised in favelas were reelected in these elections, among them Renata Souza<\/a> (Socialism and Liberty Party – PSOL<\/a>)\u2014the woman who received the most votes in Rio de Janeiro and the third most voted state parliamentarian overall. Reelected as state deputy, Souza received 174,132 votes, almost triple the 63,937 votes she received in the previous 2018 election.<\/p>\n

Born and raised in Complexo da Mar\u00e9<\/a>, Souza is a journalist with a PhD in Communication and Culture from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ<\/a>). She has become one of the main political figures advocating for human rights and fighting against the extermination of the black population, police violence in the favelas, and the militias.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe politics we have built in defense of life and rights\u2014of black, poor people in the favelas, LGBTIA+ population<\/a>, youth, those practicing Afro-Brazilian religions, for the rural parts of Rio state, and women\u2014this is what made me the woman with the most votes in ALERJ. Being in opposition is never easy, but this is why I was elected!\u201d affirmed Souza in an interview with newspaper O Dia<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Before becoming a parliamentarian, Renata Souza (PSOL-RJ) was assistant to human rights defender and City Councillor Marielle Franco<\/a> (PSOL-RJ), who was the victim of a political assassination in 2018 that led her to become a global social justice icon. Souza is thus considered one of Marielle’s \u201cseeds<\/a>.\u201d She also worked with Marcelo Freixo in all of his mandates as state deputy.<\/p>\n

Dani Monteiro<\/a> (PSOL-RJ) from the S\u00e3o Carlos<\/a> favela was also reelected with over 50,000 votes. A black woman, she studied at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ<\/a>) through the affirmative action program. Monteiro presides over the\u00a0ALERJ Human Rights Commission<\/a>\u00a0and also worked as an assistant in Marielle Franco\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

M\u00f4nica Francisco<\/a> (PSOL-RJ) was also an assistant to Marielle Franco and was elected following the councilwoman\u2019s assassination. She was not reelected this time, which has reduced representation of black women and feminists on the PSOL bench in ALERJ. With 23,831 votes, she didn\u2019t reach the minimum electoral coefficient but will continue with her mandate until the new legislature is installed. Born and raised in Borel<\/a> and a community leader in the favela, Francisco said she will continue \u201cin the struggle to occupy everything with trajectories, histories and ancestries because we black women are the foundation<\/a> of this country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the first trans state deputy was elected on October 2. Dani Balbi<\/a> (Communist Party of Brazil – PCdoB<\/a>) is the first trans professor at UFRJ<\/a>, has a doctorate in literature and was elected state deputy with over 65,000 votes. Posting on Instagram, she said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI still don\u2019t have the words to express how happy I am that we reached this milestone in the history of our state. I may be the first but from now on the path is set so that dozens of us trans women can occupy the same space going forward. We will paint Alerj with people!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The election of councillors Chico Alencar<\/a> (PSOL-RJ) and Tarc\u00edsio Motta<\/a> (PSOL-RJ) as federal deputies has reconfigured the party’s bench in Rio\u2019s City Council due to their replacements. In 2023, alternates Luciana Boiteux<\/a>, professor of Criminal Law and Criminology at UFRJ, and M\u00f4nica Cunha<\/a>, founder of Movimento Moleque<\/a>, will take up the posts as councillors. The inauguration of M\u00f4nica Cunha<\/a> as a councilwoman is important for the significance of her representation: Cunha is a human rights defender who lost her son to police violence and is a member of the Network of Mothers and Victims of Police or State Violence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another highlight is the election of Ver\u00f4nica Lima<\/a>, a councilwoman from Rio’s sister city of Niter\u00f3i and the first black woman to take up the post in the city\u2019s history. With Lima, women will occupy 15 spots in ALERJ, three more seats than in the previous election.<\/p>\n

The Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL<\/a>) achieved five legislative assembly<\/a> seats in Rio and the Workers\u2019 Party (PT) increased their number<\/a> of parliamentarians from five elected in 2018 to seven.<\/p>\n

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