The councilman of Rio de Janeiro (), son of the former president (PL), said on Sunday (17) that right-wing governors act as rats and opportunists as they try to inherit the political estate of their father, who is ineligible and.
The publication, made on the social network X (former Twitter), was shared by another son of the former president, the federal deputy (PL-SP), who is in the-where he has for the US President ,.
“Truth is hard: all of you behave like rats, sacrifice the people by power and are not at all different from the petistas who say fighting. They are shouting ‘outside PT’, but do not deliver leadership, they do not represent the heart of the people. They just want to inherit Bolsonaro’s estate, leaning for shameful and pathetic way,” Carlos said.
The post was made a day after the governor of Minas Gerais, (new) ,.
Bolsonaro supporter in 2022, Zema is one of those who try to fill the space left by the ineligibility of the former president, who is a defendant in the process of a coup plot engendered at the end of his government.
They also try to accredit themselves as Bolsonaro’s potential successor as the right leadership in Brazil the governors of São Paulo (Republicans), Goiás, (União Brasil), and Paraná ,. (PSD).
Carlos said that while his father is and many of his supporters are arrested or are target of justice, the governors – who he refers as “such” rightists ” – silence.
“They are concerned only with their personal projects and what the market sends,” said the councilman.
“This is inhuman, dirty, opportunistic and scoundrel. There is no other way to qualify such attitudes. They pretend they will solve something, they talk to pursuit to the persecuted false ‘coup plot’, but then hide behind ‘prudence and technical sophistication’, wash their hands and follow their governments as if nothing had happened. They claim to have done their part, but they add.”
Carlos also said that the actions of the governors show “an indescribable lack of character”.
At the launch event of his pre-candidacy, Zema did not rule out the possibility of composing with other parties if Bolsonaro asks.
“I have participated in two campaigns in 2018 and 2022, and I always say that, during the campaign, adjustments made by political parties are always possible,” he said when asked if he would give up the presidency if Bolsonaro asked. “I see these changes in politics naturally. It will depend a lot on the conversations between the parties.”
The Minas Gerais governor also praised Tarcisio, seen by many in politics as the favorite to be the presidential supported by Bolsonaro, and said that eventual candidacy of the holder of the Bandeirantes Palace would not be an obstacle to his stay in the dispute.