On the day of the judgment of the (Federal Supreme Court) in which he became a defendant in the case of the 2022 coup plot, () arrived early at the Brasilia airport, accompanied by the opposition leader in the House, Zucco (PL-RS).
The former president was the day before, where he participated in a podcast with the governor (Republicans), also accompanied by the deputy. Then they went to dinner at the Bandeirantes Palace, where they stayed.
The initial idea for, according to reports made to Sheetit was that both Bolsonaro and Zucco would go to the parliamentary’s functional apartment, where they would accompany the court session with other deputies.
But the former president changed the route and decided to go to the STF in person after consulting with some allies. The deputy was one of the few who accompanied, from inside the Supreme, the trial of “01”, as the deputy calls the former president.
First term deputy, Zucco was not a frequent figure in palace cycles during Bolsonaro’s presidency years. The two were together rarely on the Planalto, in rapid visits, or in acts and motorcycles in Rio Grande do Sul, where the gaucho was a state deputy.
Now he has reached such proximity to the former president to the point of making his apartment in an HQ (headquarters) to meet the opposition and Bolsonaro.
The last one had been on the morning when the PGR (Attorney General’s Office) filed a complaint against the former president on charges of leading the coup plot. The meeting served as a displeasure to Bolsonaro, with parliamentarians including other parties. Again, the place served for a more reserved meeting between Tarcisio and Bolsonaro.
Zucco had military formation alongside the governor of Sao Paulo and former CGU minister (Union General Comptroller) of Bolsonaro Wagner Rosario, but was the only one to pursue a career. He arrived, from 2010 to 2016, as coordinator of (Institutional Security Office), where he worked on the security of the then presidents () and Dilma Rousseff (PT).
When he is remembered, he makes a point of highlighting that he worked on the security of the institution and seeks to distance himself from petist presidents.
The following year he left Planalto, Zucco was presented by the then House server Vitor Hugo – which would become a federal deputy and PSL leader in Bolsonaro management – to the then parliamentarian who was launched in the presidency in 2018.
At the first meeting, Bolsonaro has already encouraged the military to run for the position of state deputy with the public security flag. At the time, he gave lectures on the subject.
Zucco stumbled upon the endeavor and was elected by the name of a “lieutenant colonel” by the then Bolsonaro party. He later won Hamilton Mourão as an electoral cable in the 2022 campaign.
Elected by Republicans, he moved to the PL in 2024, with the party’s consent, being even closer to “01”.
The patent came out of the political name in a strategy for him to take higher flights. Most voted deputy in Rio Grande do Sul in 2022, he now wants to seek a majority position, such as the state government or the Senate. The final word, according to allies, will be from Bolsonaro.
In addition to his home works as a HQ, Zucco has traveled with the former president whenever he is invited. The last two carnivals in Mambucaba (RJ) passed together, where Bolsonaro has a home. Even, I was with him fishing on a boat the day
Na, Zucco chaired the first year of office. After 130 days, the board was not extended by the then president of the House, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), frustrating the opposition.
The commission was the scene of dispute between governors and pockets and listened to leaders of the movement, former group members, authorities, INCRA representatives and experts.
The report of Deputy Ricardo Salles (Novo-SP) brought bills to frame social movements such as terrorism. It was not approved in the commission.
In 2024, Zucco took the lead of the opposition, with the support of deputies and the former president. He has been working to organize collective and articulate pockets, such as the Amnesty PL to prisoners of January 8, and in defense of the former president.
Prior to Bolsonaro’s latest hospitalization, the now leader’s routine was to arrive in Brasilia and, on Tuesdays in the morning, had coffee with the former president in the party. Sometimes I was still inviting him to attend the opposition meeting, which takes place on the same day, often in the deputy’s functional apartment.
When and license from office, he embarrassed party plans in the commissions. The number one priority was the Foreign Affairs Commission, precisely for the presidency to be Bolsonaro’s son.
With this, in a few hours, the party had to reorient itself in search of a new name. In an interview with Sheet That day Eduardo quoted Zucco and Filipe Barros (PL-PR) as possible candidates. The first came to release a note reporting Eduardo’s invitation and saying that he would accept the “mission”.
and Barros was confirmed by the party as nominated for the commission. According to reports, the decision was a request from the bench itself so that Zucco did not accumulate the two prominent positions, that is, both the opposition leadership and the presidency of the board.
