Former Lava Jato judge leads the race for governor of Paraná; Bolsonaro’s son is a pre-candidate for the Planalto
The of Liberal Party (PL) in Paraná shared on Friday (April 24, 2026) an advertisement with the party’s pre-candidate for Planalto, senator (PL), the pre-candidate for the government of the State of Paraná, (PL), e o pre-candidate for the Senate for PL, .
The advertising piece marks the first joint appearance of Flávio Bolsonaro with the former judge of in a party video. In the images, Flávio Bolsonaro states that PL Paraná is growing. Filipe Barros invites the electorate to join the party. “Choose the right side and the safe path”said Barros.
The 3 politicians appear alternately in the video. Each one presents messages aimed at the electorate of Paraná.
Moro make Paraná a stronghold of the acronym. The pre-candidates’ objective is to protect Paraná and changes in Brazil. They state in the material that the group does not accept “PT members and bandits” and that “enough of them”.
Watch the video (00:41sec):
COMINGS AND COMINGS FROM MORO
Senator Sergio Moro, who was part of the Union Brazil, 1 month before the publication of the advertisement. The change of party took place after obstacles with the in the state in relation to supporting his candidacy.
Moro was in 2018 by the then president (PL) to be Minister of Justice in the new government. The then judge of was at the height of its popularity with the Lava Jato operation, which arrested (PT) and other names involved in corruption cases.
After several disagreements between the Bolsonaro government administration and the then Minister of Justice, Moro on April 24, 2020. He stated pressure from Bolsonaro for changes in and access to investigation information.
“This anti-corruption agenda was not encouraged by the President of the Republic for us to implement”said the then minister at the time.
With his departure from the Ministry of Justice, Moro became the target of Bolsonaro’s allies, who accused him of treason. When he tried to run for President in 2022 —which did not materialize—, he was called a “idiot” by Bolsonaro and “traitor” by the former president’s children.
Moro supported Bolsonaro’s re-election in 2022, which his relationship with his family and supporters. “I put aside my differences with Bolsonaro”these.
In October of that year, Bolsonaro said he would erase “any divergence that may have occurred” and stated that “Sergio Moro was a person who really showed what corruption was in Brazil”.
