Party of the Nation's Retirees

Party of the Nation's Retirees
Partido dos Aposentados da Nação
AbbreviationPAN
FoundedNovember 22, 1995 (1995-11-22)
RegisteredFebruary 19, 1998 (1998-02-19)[1]
DissolvedOctober 5, 2006 (2006-10-05)
Merged intoBrazilian Labour Party
HeadquartersBelo Horizonte, MG
IdeologyRetirees' interests
Anti-corruption
Slogan"Today it's them, tomorrow it'll be us!"
Party number26
Website
www.pan.org.br

The Party of the Nation's Retirees (Portuguese: Partido dos Aposentados da Nação, PAN) was a minor political party in Brazil, founded on November 22, 1995, which aimed to increase the representation of retired people in politics, to defend their rights and to fight corruption.[2]

The party's first participation in elections happened in 1996, under a provisory registry, when it nominated candidates for councillor in Salvador and other municipalities.[2] In 2004, it had its first elected mayoral candidate in Igarapava, in the interior of São Paulo.[3]

On October 5, 2006, after failing to achieve the minimum number of votes required to surpass an electoral threshold introduced that year, the party merged into the Brazilian Labour Party.[4] However, due to the invalidation of this threshold by the Supreme Federal Court on December 7,[5] an appeal by the party against the ratification of the merger was sent to the Superior Electoral Court, but was rejected.[6]

  1. ^ "Nomenclatura de partidos políticos do Brasil". Superior Electoral Court (in Portuguese). Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Santana, Ademir. "Histórico". www.pan.org.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  3. ^ "Primeiro prefeito do PAN não é aposentado". Valor Econômico (in Portuguese). Federal Senate. October 5, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  4. ^ D'Elia, Mirella (October 5, 2006). "PTB aprova incorporação do PAN". g1 (in Portuguese). Brasília. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  5. ^ "STF derruba exigência da cláusula de barreira para os partidos políticos". Agência Senado (in Portuguese). December 7, 2006. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  6. ^ "TSE nega recurso do PAN contra fusão com PTB". Congresso em Foco (in Portuguese). April 11, 2007. Retrieved May 15, 2024.