Leaders of the right manifest in reserved conversations resistance to the former president’s plan to insist on the 2026 presidential dispute, despite his ineligibility.
A Sheet Heard reports from party leaders and parliamentarians who fear that the delay in admitting another candidacy next year.
By the Attorney General’s Office last week, which puts Bolsonaro at the center of an attempted coup and can lead him to a criminal conviction, increased discomfort in the face of the former president’s intentions.
Field leaders, including their allies, tell the report that Bolsonaro’s insistence, which at a critical moment, can harm himself. The assessment is that a pardon would only be possible with the election of a name aligned with pockets.
They argue that the ideal would be to bring together the right around a single candidate by the end of this year, in time to build a national candidacy.
The governor of São Paulo, is the main name raised by these leaders. He warned allies that he would accept to run for the presidency if Bolsonaro asked, but said he prefers to seek reelection. In public, it states that.
Another name that wins traction is that, governor of Paraná. In addition to these, there are also from Goiás, and from Minas Gerais.
According to reports, some allies talked to Bolsonaro about the importance of signaling a successor, but he is annoyed and reactive to this possibility, with accusations of betrayal.
Its family surroundings reacts in the same way. There is a pressure on pockets so that no other candidacy is admitted in 2026 – any ally who suggests other names or talks about the theme publicly becomes a target on social networks.
A person around Bolsonaro compares the situation in 2018, when he was arrested and insisted on his candidacy until he was barred by the TSE (Superior Electoral Court). It was only made official, making the national campaign unfeasible and leading the party to defeat.
This person says, therefore, that the right cannot repeat the same error. For her, today the scenario in the face of Lula’s approval is favorable to the group, but an application is only likely to thrive with Bolsonaro’s support.
The former president’s allies say that insisting on his own name as a head of the plate until the time of registration, a few months before the election, betting on the pressure of street movements and international allies, such as US President Donald Trump.
In this case, he prefers the vice to stay with a family person, probably the federal deputy, who would assume the candidacy after a probable challenge.
In an interview with CNN, Bolsonaro also his wife, as a possibility – countless he was appointed minister of the Civil House. No one around your surroundings, however, considers this option feasible.
Bolsonaro shows resistance to the rise of other field figures. Publicly, he has criticized Caiado and suggested that Zema has no national reach. , his pupil, stressed that the candidate in 2026 is himself.
Some leaders, however, try to overthrow Bolsonaro’s hegemony. The biggest example was last year, in the municipalities in Sao Paulo, when the influencer advanced about voters of the former president of the Bolsonaro family against him.
More recently, Bolsonaro was also challenged when in the act organized in March against Lula. He defined the motto of the protest as “outside Lula 2026, amnesty already”, betting that the popularity of the petista to the elections.
right -wing deputies were detached from this strategy and continued to defend impeachment. One of them was, one of the most popular names in pockets.
Political scientist Jorge Chaloub, professor at UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), evaluates that the research of the coup plot weakens Bolsonaro and makes room for other leaders in the field to challenge him.
He states, however, that the two paths that perform right by 2026 are complicated: to seek electoral victory without Bolsonaro’s support or make this support possible, but deal with its instability.
The first option is difficult, says the teacher, in the face of the “imponderable”. He says that to earn an election, it is not enough to inject resources into the campaign – a popular candidate is needed. Chaloub remembers the support that Centrão gave to his candidacy for presidency in 2018 ,.
“As much as the center is strong operating internally, it doesn’t seem easy to find an application to be built,” he says.
On the other hand, “it’s not simple to deal with someone as fickle and personalistic as Bolsonaro,” says Chaloub. “The bonds are based on personal loyalty, and this brings instability. Someone who has his support runs the risk of displeasing him and being attacked by him. Hard to gain election like that.”
The teacher believes that Bolsonaro must maintain his alleged candidacy by the deadline for the electoral registration, considering that his popularity is his main currency. The former president could, for example, negotiate support to another figure in exchange for amnesty to those involved on January 8.
“What is Bolsonaro’s great asset? He is not a great articulator, he has no big party. What he can offer is the ability to elect figures he supports,” says Chaloub.
“He will stretch to the limit to make a change in the end. Try to influence a future government, exchange for an amnesty, or even try to count on some military personnel [em busca de um golpe]which seems to be always on the horizon of Bolsonaro. “
