During his tenure in office, on 19 December 2017, the Party's National Convention altered the Party's Articles of Incorporation, changing its name back to Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), the same name that the Party had borne from 1965 to 1981.
Selama masa jabatannya, pada 19 Desember 2017, Konvensi Nasional Partai mengubah Anggaran Dasar Partai, mengubah namanya kembali menjadi Gerakan Demokratik Brasil (MDB), nama yang sama yang telah dipakai partai antara tahun 1965-1981 .