The presidential pre-candidate () called for unity and pacification among allies in a video published on Saturday night (4) after new friction between his brother, the impeached deputy (PL), and the federal deputy (PL-MG).
“I’m recording this video to try to call everyone to rationality. It’s very distressing to see leaders on our side fighting each other while we have a country to rescue and the enemy isn’t here, he’s on the other side. This is the type of confusion that doesn’t have a winner. Everyone loses,” said Flávio on social media.
The allies’ new public clash began after Eduardo accused Nikolas of sharing profiles of people who did not declare a direct vote for Flávio in the dispute for Planalto. The Minas Gerais deputy then responded with a laugh to the publication.
“Snickering at me? Apparently, there are no limits to your disrespect towards me and my family”, said Eduardo afterwards.
He continued: “The spotlight and fame did you harm, unfortunately. It took me a long time to believe that you worked the algorithm of your networks to give visibility to those who wish my father’s death, to those who celebrate his arrest and to all those who hate me and my family.”
Eduardo also stated that Nikolas puts Flávio in a “spiral of silence” by not demonstrating effective public support or publicizing his actions.
After the fight, Nikolas, who was the country’s most voted deputy in 2022, shared Flávio Bolsonaro’s appeasing video with the comment: “I agree, president. Each one doing their part, we’ll get there.”
In February, Nikolas had already stated, after visiting (PL) in Papudinha, that, in response to criticism made against him and the former first lady for, in Eduardo’s view, not having engaged enough in Flávio’s campaign.
The PL’s internal split, with public demands and exchanges of barbs on social media, is a leading role on the Bolsonaro right after former president Bolsonaro was arrested and declared ineligible.
As shown by the Sheet, mainly involving the Bolsonaro family, make it difficult for Flávio Bolsonaro to form alliances and undermine the image of moderation that he tries to project.
