The governor of Minas Gerais, (Novo), said on Thursday (27) on a social network that the former president () is the “greatest opposition leadership.”
The statement was made a day after the Federal Supreme Court (Supreme Court) received (Attorney General’s Office) and make Bolsonaro defendants and seven others accused of joining the central nucleus of one.
“The biggest opposition leader to the PT government is Jair Bolsonaro. I hope justice will be done and that he recovers his political rights,” Zema wrote in the X (former Twitter) in the early afternoon of Thursday.
At the same time as the post, the governor was at the funeral of the mayor of Belo Horizonte, Fuad Noman (PSD), who after being hospitalized with acute respiratory failure. Zema stayed in place for a short time and left without talking to journalists.
The governor’s advisory issued a note in which Zema refers to Fuad Noman as a respectful, affable, intelligent and competent person: “He goes, but leaves a great legacy,” he said.
In his second term as a governor, Zema works to be viable as a presidential candidate in 2026, if the ineligibility of Bolsonaro is maintained, and has made nods to the former president.
Other names, such as the governors Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans), from São Paulo, Ratinho Júnior (PSD), from Paraná, and Ronaldo Caiado (União Brasil) of Goiás, are also pointed out as.
Zema has adopted a balancing posture regarding Bolsonaro. On the one hand, it avoids to associate with the most radical fringes of pockets so as not to burn bridges with the center right, but has made nods to the former president.
The Minas Gerais governor did not participate in the March 15 in Copacabana, Rio, with the participation of Tarcísio de Freitas and the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Claudio Castro (PL).
Allies of the politician of the new say, however, that he evaluates to attend the demonstration summoned by Bolsonaro for the 6th on Paulista Avenue, in São Paulo.
In recent weeks, Zema has also intensified criticism of the president. At the beginning of the month, president and governor met in a ceremony in Betim (MG), with charges and provocations.
