Former president is ineligible and is defendant at the STF; Participated in a meeting with skaf and Temer in June to discuss an indication of a successor
PP’s national president, Senator Ciro Nogueira, said on Tuesday (1st.Jul.2025) that former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) must decide who will support to be the presidential candidate in the 2026 elections by the end of this year.
One of Bolsonaro’s main allies, Ciro told the Poder360 that the president’s political weakening (PT) has helped to spray the right options. According to him, the governor of Sao Paulo, (Republicans), was more likely to beat the petista earlier this year, but other names gained traction.
Search Power Data of June 3, 2025, showed that. The president was disapproved by 56% of voters and approved by 39%. The result shows that everything was a little worse for the petista from March to June, although the oscillations were within the margin of error of the research, from 2 percentage points. But the curves show continuous degradation this year 2025.
According to Poder360 He learned, pass the head of Bolsonaro these options to represent the right in the race for the Plateau: Tarcísio de Freitas, (União Brasil-GO), (PSD-PR) and (Novo-MG). Not necessarily in that order.
The governor of São Paulo, however, has a dilemma. He is a favorite to be reelected in 2026, according to polls. Playing against Lula would be a risk that could early weaken his political career.
“If Tarcisio is a candidate, Lula doesn’t even dispute. I don’t even doubt it, I’m sure. Lula will invent a disease, something and won’t compete,” he said. According to this hypothesis, Ciro says that Haddad would be the name of the PT for the Plateau.
O Poder360 He found that Bolsonaro has maintained a series of meetings with political actors to evaluate the best strategy for 2026. About 1 month ago, on June 6, dinner at the house of former president of FIESP (Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo) in Morumbi, São Paulo. At the table, only 3 people: Skaf, Bolsonaro and the former president.
In these meetings, Bolsonaro signals that he must be convicted by the Supreme Court (STF) and can be arrested. The former president is defendant for attempted coup. Its lawsuit is in the final phase and must be tried in September. He also since 2022. He will not be able to apply for elective office by 2030.
Bolsonaro also says that he will not currently indicate a successor because he will lose political strength. And the nominee would become a target immediately. The former president, however, gives no clear indications about preferring someone from his family to compete in the Plateau in 2026.
