Right-wing congressmen and allies of (-RJ) claim that (22) made the senator also target the minister of the (Supreme Federal Court).
The brother, the deputy (PL-SP), responded to the court inquiry a week ago.
Flávio called for a vigil in front of (PL’s) condominium, a central point in the minister’s decision to arrest him, along with during the early hours of the morning. For the Federal Police, the act would make it difficult to comply with an arrest order at the end of the coup plot process in the STF.
The pressure on Flávio comes at a time when he wants to give up his re-election for Rio de Janeiro and be the family’s representative in the 2026 presidential contest against (PT). Congressmen close to him say the most seriously in recent days.
Eduardo has already shown interest in running for President of the Republic, but he is in the United States and . The former first lady would run for a seat in the Senate in the Federal District, while her other son, Carlos, intends to run for senator in Santa Catarina – as he is a councilor for Rio de Janeiro.
Politicians from the centrão parties prefer to launch the governor of , (Republicans), as they understand that he would have less rejection and more chances of victory. Flávio, however, has become the family’s main option to head a presidential ticket, if the strategy is to keep the surname in evidence and avoid the loss of the clan’s political assets.
In the assessment of PL allies and congressmen, the senator should now become one of Moraes’ preferred targets after the call for the vigil and his father’s preventive arrest.
Moraes, when saying that the call for a vigil and prayers in front of the condominium were, in fact, an indication of “repetition of the modus operandi of the criminal organization led by the aforementioned defendant [Jair Bolsonaro]in the sense of using criminal popular demonstrations, with the aim of obtaining personal advantages”.
The judge states that the video published by the senator to call for the act “incites disrespect for the constitutional text, the judicial decision and the institutions themselves, demonstrating that there are no limits to the criminal organization in its attempt to cause social chaos and conflicts in the country.”
In the material published on X (formerly Twitter), Flávio makes biblical references and calls on supporters of the former president for the vigil. He cites as his objective “asking God to apply his Justice”. “Are you going to fight for your country or watch everything on your cell phone, from your home? I invite you to fight with us”, he said.
Moraes highlights the role of the former president’s children in deciding on preventive detention this Saturday.
“First, one of the sons of the leader of the criminal organization, Eduardo Bolsonaro, and in a treacherous way against his own country, including. Then, the other son of the leader of the criminal organization, Flávio Bolsonaro, insulting the justice system of his country, intends to reissue coup camps and cause social chaos, ignoring his responsibility as a senator”, he argued.
The senator refuted, in a live broadcast on social media, the accusations that he had to distract the police and allow Bolsonaro to escape to an embassy. According to Flávio, it would be “humanly impossible” for him to leave the house, even when violating the electronic ankle bracelet, with “all the apparatus that Moraes put in place to surround Bolsonaro’s captivity.”
The congressman also refuted speculation about a possible presidential candidacy, saying it was not time to discuss his replacement. “I’ve never said that I’m a candidate for President of the Republic. I’ve always said that I’m a candidate for re-election to the Senate in the state, if that’s what the party decides. Is this all fear? Do they want to bury all the Bolsonaros alive?”, he asked.
