Editing Workers' Cause Party (section)

===Accusations of authoritarianism and nepotism===
One of the reasons why the PCO is considered a [[cult]] (according to former members of the party) is due to the fact that the founder and leader of the party, Rui Costa Pimenta controls the PCO in an [[authoritarian]] way, with an iron fist (so that only his ideas and his wishes are respected), in addition to punishing [[Political dissent|detractors]] who are against his ideas (mostly with [[physical abuse]]) and handing over important (high-ranking) positions within the party to three of his children, Natália Pimenta, João Jorge Caproni Costa Pimenta and Carlos Henrique Caproni Pimenta. As a result, former members of the party accuse Costa Pimenta of practicing [[nepotism]], since his three children got positions in the party not on their own merits, but [[Hereditarianism|because they were his sons]] (the youngest of his three children, Carlos Henrique Caproni Pimenta, was appointed to an important position within the party when he was still a teenager).<ref name="Costa Pimenta">{{cite web|url=https://hackmd.io/@mariopedrosa/HyIUFBNrU|title=PCO: reflexões críticas de egressos do Partido|website=Mário Pedrosa|date=2020-03-15|access-date=2023-04-04|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://revistaforum.com.br/brasil/2021/12/28/ex-membros-do-pco-relatam-abusos-perseguio-assedio-ambiente-altamente-policialesco-108049.html|title=Ex-membros do PCO relatam abusos, perseguição e assédio: "Ambiente altamente policialesco"|website=Revista Forum|date=2021-12-28|access-date=2023-04-05|language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diariodocentrodomundo.com.br/processos-na-justica-mostram-calotes-do-pco-em-funcionarios-enquanto-lider-viajava-pela-europa-com-familia/|title=Processos na Justiça mostram calotes do PCO em funcionários enquanto líder viajava pela Europa com família|website=Diário do Centro do Mundo|date=2022-01-12|access-date=2023-04-05|language=pt-br}}</ref>