Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa formalises his candidacy for the presidency of São Paulo

Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa officially announces his candidacy for the presidency of São Paulo and opens race for triê NIO 2027-2029

== sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man

Context: Presidency to be defined in December by the Consultative Council

The election for the presidency of São Paulo will take place in the first fortnight of December, still without an official date.

The first step: Gouvêa makes the São Paulo de Volta plate official

Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa is the first official candidate for the presidency of São Paulo in elections that will take place on December 1st.

The party will be in opposition and has the candidacies of Eduardo Alfano Vieira as vice-president, and Fábio Mariz de Oliveira as president of the Deliberative Council.

Who's on the board and who supports

The main political groups supporting the candidacies are Salve o Tricolor Paulista, Novo São Paulo and Força São Paulo.

The candidate for the vice-presidency of the Deliberative Council will come from the group Força São Paulo, but has not yet been defined.

Trajectory of the candidate

Gouvêa was elected to the Council in 2008 and became a life peer in 2014 He is 44 years old, an attorney and son of former President Marcelo Figueiredo Portugal Gouveia, who commanded São Paulo from 2002 to 2006.

Next steps: subscriptions to the trio NIO 2027-2029

In the coming weeks, the opposition sheet will carry out the registration of applications for the trio NIO 2027-2029 , in addition to announcing the nominations of candidates for election to occupy the positions of councilors elected during the same period.

The POL board: situation, opposition and independents

Five groups currently form the situation of São Paulo: Vanguarda, Legião, Participação, Sempre Tricolor and Somos SPFC. Together they gather NEM 133 councillors, being 60 lifetime and 73 elected.

The opposition is formed by four groups: Força SP, Novo São Paulo, Salve o Tricolor Paulista, STP, and Força-Super.

There are also 14 independent councillors, all for life. They do not act as a bloc and usually divide their votes between situation and opposition.

The Deliberative Council currently has 252 members, 152 of whom are for life and 100 elected.

Among the situation groups, the Legion has 38 councillors, being 16 lifetime and 22 elected; Somos SPFC has 30, with 10 lifetimes and 20 elections; Participación has 29, with 12 lifetims and 17 elections.

In the opposition, Salve o Tricolor Paulista is the largest group with 47 councillors, 37 being lifetime and ten elected.

Other topics in the club

While the POL ethical scenario is advancing, São Paulo also lives dilemma with Enzo Díaz: NEM Racing, resignation.

What is the status of this dispute ?

The first concrete milestone in the presidential race was the formalization of Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa's candidacy for the "São Paulo de Volta" plaque, with Eduardo Alfano Vieira as vice-president and Fábio Mariz de Oliveira as candidate to chair the Deliberative Council.

The opposition party still needs to define the candidate for vice-president of the Deliberative Council and, in the coming weeks, formalize the registrations for the trio NIO 2027 - 2029, as well as the indications for councillors elected during the same period.

The election continues without an official date, but with the internal calendar already set for the first half of December, when the club will choose both the presidency and the Deliberative Council.