Governors opposing the president (), who are considered possible candidates for the Palácio do Planalto in 2026, varied in their reaction on Wednesday night (13).
Until Thursday night (14), the governors (Republicanos-SP) and (PSD-PR) had not commented on the attack.
The governor (-GO) blamed the Lula government, while (Novo-MG) said it was an isolated act by the former president ().
The author of the attack, who blew himself up with one of the bombs, 59, a locksmith who was a candidate for councilor for the PL in 2020 with the name Tiü França, in Rio do Sul (SC), but was not elected. Before he died, mixing statements of a political and religious nature.
According to Caiado, the explosions, which he classified as terrorist acts and attacks against life and order, “constitute a portrait of a country that is adrift.” “With the lack of command in the country, in the absence of a strong leader, extremism and organized crime are advancing,” he wrote in X.
“The truth is that we have a weak and apathetic federal government, which is silent in the face of the most serious problems that afflict the Brazilian people and kneels in the face of the advance of organized crime and extremism. It is necessary to act harshly and energetically, under penalty of of transforming ourselves into a country run by organized crime and disorder”, added the governor, also mentioning the daylight incident at Guarulhos Airport.
In , Zema said that the episode is regrettable, but it is an “isolated act of someone in deep emotional imbalance”, which he compared to “crazy people who fire weapons in schools and public places”.
“It is not, at least from what I have seen so far, any movement, any group, but rather a person in total imbalance who caused this tragedy,” he added.
The governor of Minas Gerais also exempted the PL, . “No party is exempt from having crazy people among its potential candidates. There is no mental health test to be able to run for office,” he said.
