The governor of, (Republicans), made a movement that was described by allies as a rapprochement with () after the former president showed resistance to indicate him as successor on the right to run for Planalto Palace in 2026.
One of the points considered central in this process was a trip from the governor to the cabinet that Bolsonaro occupies at the headquarters of the PL in Brasilia about two weeks ago.
In the conversation, Tarcisio reiterated his support and solidarity with the former president, at a time when he faces the process by the 2022 coup plot. The two agreed that they should speak more often to avoid future noise.
The discussion was not resolute about the future of pockets, but, according to interlocutors of both, kept the door open for the former president to declare support to the governor if he preferred next year.
Bolsonaro is ineligible, but has a speech, publicly, will take his candidacy to the end.
Tarcisio makes subtle gestures, according to his allies. Although he decides to be a candidate for reelection in Sao Paulo, the governor would have no interest in any indisposition with Bolsonaro, who has already shown great ability to fry formerly the militancy at the slightest sign of disagreement or disloyalty.
The former president embarked for Sao Paulo this Friday (6) to prepare with lawyers for testimony to (Supreme Federal Court) next week. , official residence of the governor.
Discussions about Bolsonaro’s succession are often treated with allies delicacy. They fear displeasing the former president, who insists on the speech of a candidacy to maintain his political capital.
Tarcisio’s allies say he has no interest in leaving reelection, considered guaranteed, to launch himself to the Plateau at this time – less than Bolsonaro points to him what would be a “mission.”
According to reports, the former president even signaled that Tarcisio would be his successor. Then he turned back, expressing this position more than once.
The doubt maintained by Bolsonaro causes among the governor’s allies to be afraid that he leaves office in April next year, to run for presidency, and that the former president gives up as a candidate.
Prior to the meeting that took place about two weeks ago, Bolsonaro had been shown resistance to indicating Tarcisio. A wing close to the former president was reinforcing criticism of the governor-who, according to interlocutors on both sides, Bolsonaro contaminated.
The former president complained of Tarcisio’s allied movements to get his name as presidential. He also complained that the governor did not show sufficient solidarity with the godfather.
Bolsonaro’s allies point to discomfort with the fact that the bridges that the governor preserve with the Supreme Court do not translate into relief into his political group in the judiciary. Bolsonaro remains ineligible and is on his way to a likely conviction that should take him to prison.
It was in this environment that the meeting of Tarcisio and Bolsonaro took place on May 21, without disclosure on the agenda of both, but registered on social networks.
The governor of São Paulo lives an uncertainty with his political godfather. He seeks to balance himself in the search for political exposure, without too much, to the point to shade to the former president.
Tarcisio has denied invitations to attend events in Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais and other states. Since last month, it has intensified agenda in the interior of São Paulo.
Tarcisio’s allies say that people closer to Bolsonaro have always had criticism of the former infrastructure minister, but point out that this does not define the relationship between the two-which would be in good terms.
An example of solidarity with the former president would have been the fact that Tarcísio promptly accepted the request to be a Bolsonaro defense witness in the STF-the hearing, he from the former Mandator.
The governor also denied that the former president quoted, in conversations at the end of 2022, alternatives to reverse the outcome of the presidential elections.
The former president’s future depends to a large extent on his eventual successor. A future president could have political weight to reverse his ineligibility or get him out of prison. In an interview with UOL last month, Bolsonaro charged right -wing governors public questions about the decisions that prevent him from applying.
According to allies, the support will also go through a promise of pardon to Bolsonaro, something with which the governor of Romeu Zema (Minas Gerais) and Ronaldo Caiado (Goiás) have already made publicly.
While the scenario is not defined, Bolsonaro’s successor betting bags remain open. Recently, the former minister was quoted as one of those names, but denied this possibility to interlocutors.
A plate considered unbeatable in circles of pockets and centron would be formed by Tarcisio and Michelle Bolsonaro, former first lady.
Another name that circulates as the eventual vice of the governor would be that of Senator Tereza Cristina (PP-MS), already considered to Bolsonaro’s plate in 2022, but deprived to accommodate General Braga Netto-today arrested on charges of being one of the articulators of the coup plot.
Many members of the center and pockets, however, are sure that Bolsonaro will prefer to indicate a member of his family, as a total bet on the loyalty of those who carry their surname. In this scenario, licensed deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP) gains strength.
Weighs against this possibility the fact that he is investigated today by the Supreme Court for acting against Brazilian authorities in the United States. The advance of the inquiry is still unknown, but its return to Brazil is seen as uncertain by allies.
