Baleia Rossi: MDB should release states to choose who to support for the Presidency National president of the MDB, federal deputy Baleia Rossi said this Friday (17) that he will release state directories to choose different candidates to support the Presidency. The MDB will not present a majority candidacy. "The North thinks differently than the Central-West, the South thinks differently than the Northeast. The MDB has scheduled a convention for the 27th, all our decisions are democratic and listening to the bases, but, most likely, the MDB will release its states for the support that is more relevant to the reality of each of the states." To g1, Baleia Rossi said that the focus on the 2026 elections will be to build a strong bench in the Federal Chamber, in the legislative assemblies and in the Senate. "We will focus on having a strong bench in the Legislature, which is a bit of the MDB's historical characteristic of seeking balance, seeking dialogue, seeking convergences, always helping the Legislature." ?Click here to follow the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp Baleia Rossi, national president of the MDB Murilo Corazza/g1 Pre-candidate for federal deputy, the president of the MDB assessed the party's performance in the 2022 elections as positive and said he believes the number of seats will grow this year. "We believe that we will grow in the Federal Chamber. Today we have 37 federal deputies, I believe that we will elect more than 45 federal deputies. We have ten senators, our expectation is to elect ten to 12 senators, therefore, the legislative strength of the MDB will be present, God willing, in the next legislature, so that we can help with projects that are structuring and that have a lot of synergy with what the MDB thinks", said Rossi. Basic politics In the 2024 elections, the MDB was the party that elected the most mayors in the Ribeirão Preto region - there were 21. In Brazil, the party followed the same trend. Therefore, Rossi believes he can repeat the feat in the 2026 elections. "Our politics are based. We are municipalists. So, when we have the largest number of councilors, a significant number of vice-mayors and mayors, this gives us the ability to have a very strong bench in the Federal Chamber and the Senate to help the country". Baleia Rossi, national president of MDB and federal deputy Murilo Corazza/g1 See more news from the region on g1 Ribeirão Preto and Franca VIDEOS: Everything about Ribeirão Preto, Franca and the region