Pre-candidate for the Presidency of the Republic cited family debt and defined the situation as a ‘serious crisis’
O senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), pre-candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, used images of his father’s governmentformer president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), to criticize the Lula government (PT) on his X profile, on Sunday (12). The publication caused reaction from government members.
In the video, Flávio mentions the family debt and defines the situation as a “serious crisis”. “This means eating less, it means an empty pan. And almost 20% of these Brazilians are not even able to pay their water bill”, he states, while the background image shows 2021 scenesin which people collect food from a garbage truck in Fortaleza (CE). At the time, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the material was published by the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper in a report on the spread of hunger in the country.
It is urgent to end this cycle of misery and destruction, it is urgent to rescue Brazil!
— Flávio Bolsonaro (@FlavioBolsonaro)
In reaction to the content, the minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Guilherme Boulos, stated that the images correspond to the period of the Jair Bolsonaro’s management. “So, Flávio Bolsonaro, are you going to recant?” he asked on X. The video is still published on the senator’s profile.
LOOK AT THE BAD FACE! Flávio Bolsonaro uses images of the misery under his father’s government to attack the Lula government. The images are from Fortaleza, on 10/18/2021, that is, during the Bolsonaro government. And there, ? Are you going to recant?
— Guilherme Boulos (@GuilhermeBoulos)
The former minister of the Secretariat of Institutional Relations and pre-candidate for the Senate from Paraná, Gleisi Hoffmann (PT-PR), called Flávio Bolsonaro’s publication a “micão”. “Bone row? Only if it’s in the Bolsonaro government. Who needs an enemy with a son like that, huh?”, he wrote on Instagram.
In June 2022, data from the 2nd National Survey on Food Insecurity in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic showed that more than 33 million people did not have anything to eat in the country during the pandemic period, levels last recorded in the 1990s. In 2025, the Brazil left the UN Hunger Map againalthough around 7 million still face severe food insecurity.
According to Datafolha research released on Saturday (11), . For the first time, the opponent numerically surpasses the PT member.
In a possible second round dispute, Flávio would have 46% of voting intentionsante 45% from Lula. The difference, however, is within the margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points, which constitutes a technical tie.
*With information from Estadão Conteúdo
