Senator claims to have endorsement from his father, who was sentenced to 27 years and 3 months for attempted coup and is ineligible
The senator (PL-RJ) stated that he will be the political group’s candidate for the Presidency of the Republic even if the former president (PL) is able to contest the election. According to him, the decision was communicated by his father himself.
“I said to Bolsonaro: ‘Are you prepared to be the candidate if we manage to reverse this scenario?’ And he made a negative with his hand: ‘No, candidate, regardless of what happens, it’s you, Flávio’”declared the senator to .
Flávio also said that the former president’s defense intends to present actions to try to reverse the conviction in the Federal Supreme Court. “We will, obviously, at some point file criminal review actions because of the various and various nullities that we know this process has”he stated. Then he added: “It’s a next step that the defense is certainly ready to take”.
The former president. The Court understood that there was participation in articulations to break the institutional order, in the context of the acts that questioned the results of the elections. The decision established penalties for the crimes analyzed in the process and marked one of the main judicial developments involving the former head of the Executive.
Despite the conviction, Bolsonaro received authorization from STF minister Alexandre de Moraes to serve for 90 days. The measure was granted due to the former president’s health condition and includes restrictions, such as the suspension of visits during the period. The decision is temporary in nature and must be reevaluated at the end of the period.
Flávio criticized Moraes’ determination and the measure as “exotic”in addition to questioning the 90-day limit set by the minister. The defense that the initiative is “innovative”.
Bolsonaro has already left the intensive care unit, but hospital, according to the medical bulletin released this Tuesday (24th March).
