PFL, Mr Cardoso created a new ministry of institutional reform, a fiction that not even its begetters take seriously.

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PFL's leading figure, Antonio Carlos Magalhaes, should be strengthened by his party's strong showing, especially in his home state of Bahia.

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Many PFL employees were able to buy their first home.

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PFL's (unofficial) leader, argues that for these reasons the municipal results will have no impact on national politics, nor on who may succeed Mr Cardoso in a presidential election in 2002.

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