The national president, said on Friday (22) that the former president (PL) would be “very well received” if he had political asylum in Argentina.
It said it this week had identified the former president’s cell phone a draft political asylum directed to. The document would enable Bolsonaro’s departure from Brazil and was created after investigating the alleged coup attempt, according to the PF.
“No one needs to ask for asylum. You cross a river here and you are in Argentina. And Bolsonaro was going to be very well received there, because I went to Milei there with him and I was impressed with the people on the street, which had people in our hotel wanting to meet Bolsonaro,” Valdemar said during an event in Rio de Janeiro.
The president of the PL spoke during the 24th Business Forum Lides, in a table divided with the Minister of (Supreme Federal Court) André Mendonça, Senator Ciro Nogueira (PP-PI), União President Antonio Rueda, and the governor of Rio de Janeiro Claudio Castro (PL).
Valdemar also minimized a publication in which councilor Carlos Bolsonaro (PL), Bolsonaro’s son, compared “rats” candidates for governors who are presidential candidates in 2026.
“They are all our partners, Zema, in Minas Gerais, Caiado, in Goiás. We have very prepared people, like Mouse [governador do Paraná]. I’m sure we’ll be together in the second round, or even the first one, who knows. It turns out that sometimes a child sees his father in that state and despairs, gets nervous, is natural. We have to defend our families, “said Valdemar.
The speech that attributes Carlos’ publication to a difficult time from the Bolsonaro family was also repeated by governors such as and Claudio Castro (PL) during the week.
At the event, Valdemar stated that Brasilia lives a war against Bolsonaro and his party. However, he did not mention any political institution in his speech.
“What they are doing with President Bolsonaro, the humiliation they are imposing on our party and President Bolsonaro has been destroying Bolsonaro in person. He has done a very serious operation recently, and day after day is an event,” he said during a Forum of the former governor’s business group.
Without quoting the Supreme Court, Valdemar stated that there was no reason for the imposition of.
The emphatic defense to the former president happens after due to a shy comment on Twitter after the news about his house arrest. “I’m uncomfortable !!!!! What else can I say?” Wrote at the time.
After criticism, Valdemar deleted the post and made another larger publication, which was still read as insufficient by some allies.
“President Bolsonaro’s arrest warrant, a day after the popular demonstrations (to which Bolsonaro did not attend), sounds as a desire to silence a good part of the Brazilian population who, in a peaceful way, as authorized by the Constitution, went to the streets to protest, as allows a democratic regime,” he said at the time.
‘I want him to decide’ the candidate for president
Valdemar Costa Neto also talked about the 2026 presidential race. He said he still hopes that Bolsonaro participates in the case with his case with Lula’s arrest. “Who would say (…) that he would be a candidate for president? He was a candidate and still won.”
“Bolsonaro does not comment to me, and if he makes comment with me I do not take into consideration, because I want him to decide. And I know that when he decides it will be by his head,” he said.
The PL president cited the name of Tarcísio de Freitas in his speech, discussing more emphasis on the governor.
He said “almost had an infarction” when Bolsonaro chose him to be his candidate for the governor of Sao Paulo. According to Valdemar, it would be an unlikely name since he does not vote in the state or know the law federative unit and “did not do a work for Sao Paulo” when he was minister of infrastructure in the previous government.
Still, according to Valdemar, it was a right choice, since Tarcisio today has a high approval rate in Brazil.
Reporter Stéfanie Rigamonti traveled at the invitation of the Lide
