The president of the Liberal Party, Valdemar Costa Neto, confirmed that former president Jair Bolsonaro chose his son, Flávio, to run for President in the 2026 elections. “Confirmed. Flávio told me that our captain ratified his candidacy. Bolsonaro spoke, it’s spoken. We are together”, said Valdemar in a message sent to Reuters.
Bolsonaro is serving a sentence of more than 27 years in prison in a Federal Police building in Brasília, for participating in the plot that attempted a coup d’état.
The choice contradicts most projections, which indicated an internal dispute between former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro and her son Eduardo over the inheritance of the political name in the dispute. Outside the family, the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, was considered the strongest name in search of support.
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Second The GlobeBolsonaro would assess that his son will gain “political muscle” from the moment he behaves as a candidate for office and assumes a campaign agenda. The assessment is that Flávio has enough allies to dispute the Planalto.
Senator since 2019, Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) accumulates alliances with parliamentarians from the center and may receive the support of governors Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicanos-SP) and Cláudio Castro (PL-RJ).
On social media, Flávio highlighted confirming Jair Bolsonaro’s decision. “It is with great responsibility that I confirm the decision of Brazil’s greatest political and moral leader, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, to give me the mission of continuing our nation’s project”, highlights the excerpt. “I place myself before God and before Brazil to fulfill this mission”, he concludes.
However, his pre-candidacy was not well received by the financial market, which caused the dollar to register firm gains against the real, the Ibovespa to firm up in decline and the rates on DIs (Interbank Deposits) to shoot up more than 20 basis points. The movement in Brazil occurs despite stock indexes in New York being on the rise.
