Amid President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT), the right intensifies the efforts to find a competitive candidate for the 2026 presidential election. With the ineligibility of Jair Bolsonaro (PL), uncertainty grows over who will represent the opponent field to petism in the dispute. The investigation is from CNN.
Given this scenario, the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), already admits behind the scenes the possibility of running for the Planalto Palace.
According to allies heard by the newspaper, the former infrastructure minister “100% the contract”, but imposes a condition: to rely on Bolsonaro’s explicit support.
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The former president’s uncertainty, however, has crashed Tarcisio’s plans.
Bolsonaro also evaluates whether there is room to reverse his ineligibility and dispute the election. Otherwise, the pocket group’s priority is to find a name that follows its political and strategic orientation, ensuring the influence of the Bolsonaro family on the national scene.
The movement was the subject of a recent conversation between Bolsonaro and Gilberto Kassab, president of the PSD and secretary of the Civil House of the São Paulo government. Kassab’s assessment, according to nearby sources, is that Bolsonaro will try to enable his candidacy until the last moment, which would prevent Tarcisio from consolidating himself as an alternative from the right.
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The lack of definition also worries allies of the governor of São Paulo, who see the impasse as an obstacle to the construction of alliances and the expansion of the electoral base of Tarcisio nationally.
If Lula decides not to run for reelection, the scenario could change.
In this context, Bolsonaro could indicate one of your children for the disputebetting that the election would be less competitive without the petista in the match. This, however, could lead to the right fragmentation, with multiple candidates and a possible non -aggression pact in the first round, so that the strongest name advances the second round against the PT.
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Over time becoming a decisive factor, the right is still divided between waiting for Bolsonaro’s next steps or accelerating the consolidation of a 2026 viable name.
