Union for Democracy and Citzenship (Maracatibe)

The Union for Democracy and Citzenship (in : União pela Democracia e Cidania; in : Democracia y Cidadania Tyba supé) also known by its UDC/DCT, is a. It"s situated in the of the traditional . Since the re-democratization in 1982, the Union for Democracy and Citzenship had three presidents (Ernesto Nonato, Marcos Yousseff and Lúcia Luz), governing Maracatibe for 16 years. It's one of the two dominant parties in the Maracatibean politics, together with the Social Democratic Party.

Predecessor
The Union for Democracy and Citzenship has as its predecessor the Labor Party of Maracatibe (Partido Trabalhista Maracatibenho) which existed between 1944 and 1956, from the end of the socialist regime until it was banned by the Cunhas's Dictatorship. The leader was the union leader and ex-communist militant Roberto Nunes, who was persecuted during the Cunhas Dictatorship. The Labor Party had one president, Cláudio Mendonça, the last president of the Brief Democracy (1944-1956) that suffered a coup d'état in 1956.

Roberto Nunes Filho, the son of Roberto Nunes, was also a left-wing militant, and previously exiled in Theyka because of the dictatorship persecution, he went back to Maracatibe in 1981 with the general amnesty and architect the creation of the Union for Democracy and Citzenship party. The UDC/DCT was created to be a spiritual successor of Labor Party, and the name was chosen to be more attractive, specially between the youngest, but the common worker was the strongest political platform of the party.

UDC elected more than 150 deputies in the 1982 Constituent Assembly, and also elected the first president of Maracatibe after the re-democratization, Ernesto Nonato. However, the UDC lose support during Nonato's government. Nonato was unable to solve the deep economic crisis inherited from the dictatorship. He increased the printing of the currency, set prices and did not carry out significant reforms to cut spending, in addition to not privatizing any state company, many of which were in deficit. The inflation, already high at the end of Cunha's dictatorship, was worsened, being the highest of the world. Nonato signed an agreement with the People's Vanguard Army in 1986, that decreased the intensity of the Maracatibean Conflict, but was controversial, as all the crimes of PVA members wee nullified.

In the 1986 elections, Fabrício Cortês obtained 37,3% of the votes, losing to Antônio Corte Real, from Social Democratic Party (PSD), center-right. Due to the sucess of PSD policies, the UDC never reached victory until 2006, when Marcos Yousseff won the elections, as the PSD was very worn out due to corruption scandals.

The Youssef government continued the Maracatibe development trend, and also invested heavily in education and social programs, improving various rates. However, disastrous economic policies would lead the party to lose the 2018 presidential elections, when the PSD returned to power under Fernando Fontoura. Currently, the Union for Democracy and Cidania is the largest party in the National Congress, and is opposition to the government.