Kim Kataguiri: So naturally, the fact that we have a strong presidential pre-candidacy also drags support for the federal deputy slates, and we have good personnel to contest those slates in the states.
Kim Kataguiri: So I really don't believe it will be a problem, although... if we don't surpass the electoral threshold, it's not fatal for us like it is for other parties, because... we don't depend for our existence on TV airtime—obviously that's excellent and increases competitiveness, which we want, but we won't die without it, and we also won't die without having party funding.
We have 12 years of Movimento Brasil Livre in which we've always relied on our supporters, on our activists, and therefore if we don't meet the threshold it will not—it's far, very far from being our end; we will not federate, we will not form coalitions, we will not merge with any other party because of that.
Desconhecido: And do you already have any... estimate of how many federal and state deputies here in Minas, for example?
Kim Kataguiri: I find it hard to give a number.