The senator () stated this Friday afternoon (27), after speaking with (Republicans) in the morning, that the governor offered to coordinate his campaign in .
According to the former president’s son (PL), Tarcísio said: “Leave it to me, I’ll be your coordinator, the person at your side, don’t worry about São Paulo.”
Flávio also stated that it is personal and will depend on the governor. The PL has been pushing for the appointment of the president of the state’s Legislative Assembly, deputy André do Prado.
The senator also said that, after , it was decided that there would be a big event on March 30th, in São Paulo, with the state’s political leaders to define the pre-candidates.
Asked about the agenda, Flávio acknowledged that the motto “Toffoli out” is valid. The demonstration was announced around this issue by federal deputy Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG), but, saying that the focus should be on amnesty for those arrested on January 8th.
Asked if he is in favor of impeaching the minister of the Federal Supreme Court, the senator replied that he is in favor of removing anyone who has committed crimes. “I sign everyone’s impeachment, I sign CPI for everything. I’m in favor [do impeachment] of any minister who has committed a crime”, he said.
“But things are not moving forward. It was something I said back then, that if there was no restraint on the part of the Supreme Court, this was an issue that voters would demand.”
Act at Alesp
Earlier, at Alesp, Flávio said that democracy has some defects, but it is the best system, and that only “those who have already been through the ballot box have the legitimacy to make decisions for the population”.
The senator participated in a tribute in the Assembly to the president of the PL, . Valdemar is for attempted coup d’état.
The opening of the inquiry was suggested by minister Alexandre de Moraes when voting for the conviction of Carlos Cesar Rocha, president of the Instituto Voto Legal, hired by the Liberal Party in 2022 to produce a report against electronic voting machines.
From Papudinha, where he is serving a sentence for a coup d’état, Bolsonaro chose Flávio as his candidate for the Palácio do Planalto at the end of last year. The former president attacked the electronic voting system several times throughout his term.
In his speech, Flávio said that this is the most important moment for the next 50 years, because Brazil will need to decide whether it will follow the path of prosperity, with it, or whether it will continue on the current one.
He returned to exploring the public security agenda, defending tougher criminal laws and the construction of prisons. He also stated that murderers of women need to be imprisoned for longer, appealing to female voters.
The senator also said that, when the president (PT) was elected, the prisons were “celebrating”. “Are you watching, do you want to be alongside kidnappers, murderers, cell phone thieves, who celebrate the election of the president?”, he asked.
Flávio also spoke of the need to reduce the tax burden and called the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad (PT), “Taxad”, saying that he punishes “the working people”.
At the beginning of his speech, the senator asked for a minute of silence for the victims of the rains in Minas Gerais.
Tarcísio embraces the right
In a speech at Alesp, governor Tarcísio referred to Flávio Bolsonaro as “future president”, said that he will make a difference and stated that he owes everything to his former boss, the former president. The governor also said that he is very proud to be right-wing, “to praise the Christian faith, the defense of property, life, security.”
Tarcísio stated that the meeting with Flávio at Palácio dos Bandeirantes was “excellent”. When asked by the press if the two had “cut corners”, he replied that there was nothing to cut and that the friendship had always been “solid”.
Since the end of last year, the governor had been favored by Bolsonarists because he had not yet expressed more emphatic support for Flávio’s pre-candidacy. The group believed that Tarcísio was dissatisfied because he had not been chosen by Bolsonaro to run for President.
At the end of January, Tarcísio even canceled a visit to the former president in Papudinha, after the senator said that the meeting would take place so that his father could frame the former minister. The cancellation with Bolsonaro’s allies.
At the time, questioned by the press, the governor said that he was never pressured by his former boss and stated that he “will work hard”. Since then, Tarcísio has left the Bolsonaro supporters’ sights.
