The former president () told the Sheet This Friday (28) that the governor of São Paulo, (Republicans), is a good politician, not exceptional, “as there are others for Brazil”.
He also said that for him, plan B is Bolsonaro. He praised other governors who dispute his electoral estate on the right, such as (Goiás), but without recognizing any of them as successor.
“I go to the last moment to look for my possibility of disputing the election,” he said, confirming that he will register his candidacy at the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) in 2026, even being ineligible and with the possibility of a prison.
See excerpts from the interview, granted at PL headquarters in Brasilia.
The Lord has once mentioned as a possibility for 2026, a possible successor. With him in the United States, this is discarded?
Look, there is a mistake on your part. I was in this room being heard by a CNN colleague. She asked a similar question: ‘Speak the name’. [Respondi] I will not launch anyone. So she launched Tarcisio, I said [minha opinião], [Ronaldo] Caiado, I said, [Romeu] Zema, I said, Michelle [Bolsonaro]I said, Eduardo, I said [minha opinião]. You [da imprensa] They are launching, it was not me.
I do not see myself legally prevented from disputing the election. The two ineligibilities, one for meeting with ambassadors, abuse of political power, has no fit. It is my competence to gather with ambassadors and not of anyone. The second, abuse of economic power. When I was finished September 7th, I left my track in the chair and went to Silas Malafaia’s car and spoke to maybe a million people. What is the structure of September 7 I used for it? No structure. None.
But today, by the electoral law, mr. It is ineligible. Mr. Do you not consider it to announce a plan B? Don’t you fear this can eventually disturb the candidacy next year?
I have plan B, Bolsonaro, okay? I go to the last moment to look for my possibility of disputing the election.
Today the political world sees Tarcisio as a main name in a possible succession of mr. Do you agree that he is a stronger name today?
Tarcisio is an excellent person, phenomenal manager and a very good, good, I will not speak exceptional, a good politician, just as there are other names for Brazil. Zema has a person who has done a good management there, Caiado, Jorginho Mello, other people who are not in the executive position, but emerge. Good parliamentarians out there. Now, within the PL, duly authorized by Valdemar Costa Neto, the candidate is me. Especially because an injustice is to deny democracy, I cannot dispute elections, given these two accusations.
And mr. Do you want to register on the TSE?
Sim.
As did it in 2018…
Compare me with Lula no, please. He passed convicted by three instances for corruption [as condenações foram posteriormente anuladas]. I was convicted in a political court. I think no one has doubt that the TSE is a political court.
X-ray | Jair Bolsonaro, 70
He is former president of Brazil. He was defeated in the second round of the 2022 elections by Lula (PT) and declared ineligible by the TSE until 2030. He had been a federal deputy for 27 years. Reformed army captain, today is president of honor of PL. He became a defendant on charges of leading the coup plot at the end of his government.
