He said he would prefer to have just one candidate from the right in 2026 if it is a name that “unifies everyone”, as would be, for him, the governor of São Paulo Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans). “If it is a Tarcísio-style candidate, who unifies everyone, from MDB to PL, I have no doubt that it is better to have just one candidate”, he stated in an interview with Band’s Canal Livre program this Sunday, 12th.
The senator once again said that he sees Tarcísio and the governor of Paraná, Ratinho Júnior (PSD), as the most viable names for next year’s election. “I advocate that we choose the best possible presidential candidate, analyzing not only voting intentions, but rejection and lack of knowledge, which greatly favors the names of Ratinho and Tarcísio”, he said.
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Last Thursday, the 9th, after a visit to former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), the senator threw barbs in the direction of the governor of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado (União Brasil), another name trying to move to the right for the presidential race. Ciro stated that he had nothing against Caiado, but reinforced that the “candidate has to show viability. I am not the one who will prevent or support his candidacy. It is the people who have to support him.”
According to a Genial/Quaest survey released last Thursday, the 9th, the name of federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP) is the most rejected as a candidate (68% of voters would not vote for him). Tarcísio has a 41% rejection rate, while Ratinho is rejected by 40%. The governors of Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema (Novo), and Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado (União Brasil), have rejection rates of 43% and 32%, respectively.
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For Ciro, who is tipped to be a candidate for vice president on a right-wing ticket in 2022, the choice must follow two criteria: “Firstly, it doesn’t cause harm; if it can add electoral value, even better.” He stated that the surname Bolsonaro “adds for sure”, but highlighted that it is necessary to consider the issue of rejection. “We have to be very pragmatic and make choices based on research, based on data,” he said.
For Nogueira, Moraes is not a “tyrant”, but the STF must take a “step back”
Nogueira also said he does not consider Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), to be a “dictator and tyrant”, as supporters of former president Bolsonaro accuse.
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Asked about the topic on the Canal Livre program, he replied: “I don’t think so. I think there is an excess of judicial activism in the country, the time has come to take a step back, because if not, we will have an election next year in which the discussion will be the Supreme Court, this is bad for democracy”, he stated.
Accusations of judicial activism against the STF have been common in recent years, and intensified amid the trial that sentenced former president Bolsonaro to 27 years and 3 months in prison for a coup d’état. At the time, Moraes refuted the accusation by defending the investigation procedures and conduct of the process.
