The senator Flavio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) said that the “price” for withdrawing his pre-candidacy for the Palácio do Planalto is seeing his father, the former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), free and at the polls in 2026.
“My price is justice. And it’s not just justice with me, it’s justice with almost 60 million Brazilians who were kidnapped, are in captivity right now along with the [ex-]President Jair Messias Bolsonaro. So, obviously there is no going back”, said Flávio in an interview with Record’s “Domingo Espetacular”.
President Bolsonaro, who are unable to see their families, are outside the country and the only way for this to happen is if Bolsonaro is free, at the polls, walking with his grandchildren, Eduardo Bolsonaro’s children, through the streets throughout Brazil. This is my price”]My pre-candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic is very conscious. It is to represent a large part of the Brazilian population that no longer accepts this enormous amount of abuse. They are people, just like the [ex-]President Bolsonaro, who are unable to see their families, are outside the country and the only way for this to happen is if Bolsonaro is free, at the polls, walking with his grandchildren, Eduardo Bolsonaro’s children, through the streets throughout Brazil. That’s my price
The former chief executive is imprisoned in Superintendency of the PF (Federal Police) since the end of November, first in a preventive manner, and then began to comply with the sentence of 27 years and three months for leading an attempted coup d’état after the 2022 elections.
Flávio’s brother “03”, the federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP), in turn, has lived in the United States since the beginning of this year.
Eduardo justified his trip to the country due to “persecution” by the Brazilian Judiciary, and worked with North American authorities to apply sanctions to the country and ministers of the STF (Supreme Federal Court) for the case against his father.
Last Friday (5), . Today, he stated that “there is no test balloon” on the issue.
“The launch of my name comes to rescue that shine, to warm Brazilians’ hearts again, for them to see that they have hope and that I’m giving in and that there’s no going back. I’ll only stop on victory day”, he concluded.
*Published by Douglas Porto
