The senator (-RJ) told allies and the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), that he was chosen by the former president (PL) as the group’s candidate to run for President of the Republic in next year’s elections.
Flávio’s choice was revealed by the Metrópoles portal and confirmed by Sheet. Flávio visited his father in prison on Tuesday (2) at the Federal Police Superintendency, in Brasília. The two talked for about half an hour.
The senator traveled to São Paulo this Thursday (4) to inform Bolsonaro’s decision to the governor of São Paulo, according to two people.
The leader of the PL in the Chamber, (RJ), told the reporter that Bolsonaro in fact informed his son that he should run for Palácio do Planalto.
Upon leaving the PF, on Tuesday, the senator said he apologized to his stepmother, Michelle Bolsonaro (PL), for the fight involving the PL platform in Ceará and explained the situation to his father. The senator also attributed the episode to “communication noise” and said that Michelle was in the PL’s hard core.
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