After the minister, of the (Federal Supreme Court), for (PL), the senator (PL-RJ), pre-candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, was registered as the former president’s lawyer in the coup plot process.
The request was made by the former president’s other defenders and gives Flávio free access to his father, imprisoned in Papudinha, in Brasília.
As the son of Jair Bolsonaro, Flávio had authorization from Minister Alexandre de Moraes to visit him on specific days and times, without the need for specific approval for each occasion.
Now, as a defense lawyer, Flávio will be able to expand contact with Bolsonaro, which is considered crucial by members of the PL. The former president is responsible for defining which names will run for the Senate for Bolsonarism, and the PL leadership began discussing last week.
According to party members, Bolsonaro’s isolation in prison and the ban on him having contact with the president of the PL, Valdemar Costa Neto,. Therefore, communication with Flávio could mitigate this disadvantage.
Bolsonaro was sentenced by the STF, last September, to 27 years and 3 months in prison for attempted coup d’état. He was looking for a transfer to house arrest, which was denied by Moraes this Monday.
According to the magistrate, he can be monitored and treated at the place where he is detained. Papudinha has 24-hour medical assistance, an advanced Samu unit and free access to Bolsonaro’s medical team.
The former president was detained at home, in Brasília, from last August until November, when he was preventively arrested after damaging the electronic ankle bracelet he was forced to wear. In January, he left the superintendence of the Federal Police in Brasília and was transferred to Papudinha — as the 19th Military Police Battalion of the DF is known.
It was during this period away from street militancy and politicians in his field that Bolsonaro, ineligible by decision of the (Superior Electoral Court) since 2023, consolidated the nomination of Flávio as his political successor in this year’s presidential elections, contrary to the support of the centrão and the financial market for the governor of , (Republicans).
Allies of the former president claim that his arrest, the deterioration of his health and the difficulty of obtaining house arrest influenced the decision to opt for someone from the Bolsonaro clan, in an attempt to maintain the family’s political relevance and electoral assets.
