The cocar bench’s call for the 2026 elections

By Daphne Spolti/OPAN

We are less than one year of general elections, in 2026, and, therefore, have an opportunity to update to the representations and policies at the federal and state levels. In the period that requires the action of choice for the president of the Republic and the government, and it requires a special attention to the positions they occupied in the house of Representatives, the Senate, and in the chambers, state and district levels-and, in the case of the city of Brasilia. With the guidance of the National Congress, in its current configuration, followed by a significant portion of the legislative assembly, have caused so much harm to the local population, with the approval of the project from the environmental devastation and the weakness of human rights. However, with a new design, you can give rise to a set of legislations that will work effectively for the benefit of the people of brazil.

Given the close proximity of the elections, the stand of the Crown had called for the native american women’s history, and there a student to amplify their voices and providing a better quality of public policies in the country. The invitation was made in the fourth National March of Women, Indigenous peoples, held in August, is bringing together more than 5 million women in Brasilia, on the theme: “Our body is home! We are the keepers of the planet, for the healing of the earth!”.

The minister, Sonia Guajajara, a member of parliament, Célia Xakriabá, the president of the National Foundation for Indigenous Peoples (Funai), Joenia groups intersect with the other reps in the Bench of the Crown, and the leaders of the indian movement, and the call was ongoing and it is impossible to ignore. “Our economy is the movement of an indigenous social movement. It’s a strategy that we are looking to strengthen it, as women, indigenous people, and the spaces of decision-making,” he said Marinete the Tukano, the general coordinator of the Union of Indigenous Women in the Amazon region of brazil (Umiab).

In the following lines extends in a path of hope, and it demonstrates the value of persistence in the fight. They can also be watched on YouTube and the National organization of Women, Indigenous peoples See also: in the Mouth (Anmiga), the representation of the movement of indigenous women in the country, which is also available in the videos of the first National Conference of Women, Indigenous peoples, held as part of the agenda of the March.

Help each other in the confrontation with the political

Given the in-depth knowledge of women, indigenous peoples, communities, and the territory there is a large potential to increase political participation, these results are more significant for the defense of the lives of the people. However, it is necessary to increase that involvement in politics.

In a National Congress, which was marked by a most conservative, and the growing inequality of gender in the American South, the world Célia Xakriabá endures every day of the attacks, racism, and discrimination. Even in the face of this situation, it follows that obtaining the hope and the strength of the press conference: “When we are not victims of racism, loneliness, hurt, loneliness, ill. This is a critical moment in the history of the time in which you can vote for in the upcoming year, and ten native american women to Congress!”.

Market has reinforced the commitment of the fight, even in the midst of difficulty and pointed out the opportunities for advancement that the investment is not the same for different applications: “we elect our truth, our project is that we just can’t quit in the middle of the path.

The movement of the institutions of the State

“We’re here to tell you that it is never going to allow you to silence our voices. Never again,” the minister said Sonia Guajajara, of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, is also the elected member of parliament in the federal by the year 2022. She took up the history of the March of the Women, Indigenous peoples, for whom he made the Bench for the Crown, and in particular, in 2021 – a period marked by the pandemic and the government of Jair, jair bolsonaro, when the issue of violence against indigenous peoples, including those on its own motion, has been shown to be even more vital to the organization of women in the occupation of new spaces for policy-makers.

“All of the places that we are, we are, upon the ground of the country, the Congress, the Executive branch of government, it is a place of power. And this was not a coincidence. It has not been given to you for free. So here it is, the conquest of the indigenous movement. The conquest of native american women,” she said.

The minister stressed that working in these places does not mean to stand up for each other, but that’s the strength of women to it. “This is not a top, is the top-of-nowhere. We’re going to make it to the top when you’re done, justice for our people. When we have all of our areas are laid off. When you have more women taking up these spaces, when more and more of us are killed”.

The trail is open

for The president of Funai, Joenia groups intersect, in addition to the first indian to occupy the direction of the board, it was also the first woman of an indigenous member of the federal Brazil – marking the return of the representation of indigenous peoples in the house, even 30 years after the work of Mário Juruna. With his background, and where to practice as an attorney has also a place of great importance, and she stresses that it’s up to the women to be in all the places where you want to be.

“Today we are opening up the doors to all the others. I am the president of Funai, but tomorrow it could be any one out there in the audience,” he said at the plenary session of the March.

‘For us to get here was not easy. It was a battle that came from one of the our ancestors were. Our mothers, our grandmothers, the women who made them, and fought for the sustainability and the demarcation of their lands and the protection of indigenous peoples ‘ lands. Above all, the women who gave his life to show for it, the indigenous people, mostly women, and they deserve respect and they deserve to be included in all programs, on all the action, all the rights are for everyone and for all,’ he said Joenia.

How to apply

to apply For a scholarship to the election, there is a need to be in a political party for at least six months prior to the date of the vote is taken, that is, no later than the beginning of April, 2026. Ideally, the choice of the party should be focusing on their ideology that they are a political group to be attentive to the protection of the rights of indigenous people.

Among other things, it is vital to have the information of a voter, and it is only possible to apply for in the state of residence of the seats for the deputies, senators and the governors (or a district, in case, in the world, and to live in the world for the candidates for the presidency of the republic.

In addition to this, it is important to note the different age groups for each type of application. As at the date of the inauguration, he or she must be as described on the website of the supreme Electoral Tribunal:

 – 35 years as president and vice-president.
– 35 years in the u.s. Senate.
About 30 years for the governor and vice-governor of the state and the Federal District).
– The 21-year position as a member of the federal, state, or district level.

The closeness of the election, as highlighted by the leadership, it is necessary for potential candidates to begin to take action ahead of time. A member of parliament, Célia Xakriabá warning: “next Year is an important year. But the application of the indigenous is not the same as the year of the election. You need to start mobilizing now.”