PT president Gleisi Hoffmann (PR) also signs the request sent to the ministry.| Photo: Zeca Ribeiro/Chamber of Deputies.

The PT submitted this Tuesday (6th) to the Ministry of Communications a request to have its own TV and radio channels open. The document was signed by the party’s president, Gleisi Hoffmann (PR), and by the PT’s national communication secretary, Jilmar Tatto (SP).

No other party has an open TV channel. Tatto argued that the grant will help “disseminate our ideas and militancy proposals”. If the processing of the concession request advances, it will be up to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) to grant it.

“A communication channel of the Workers’ Party would enable the fulfillment of a constitutional, legal and statutory duty, providing opportunities for political participation beyond the simple act of voting, adopting a true pedagogy of political-party participation”, says the official letter. .