The and an intimate relationship between the senator (-RJ) and the former banker, after the pre-candidate and privately for right-wing leaders who had no contacts with the owner, caused a feeling of breach of trust among his supporters.
Politicians heard by Sheet state that the climate is one of apprehension due to the expectation that new dialogues may arise against the son of the former president (PL).
In the assessment of PL leaders, the “Dark Horse” request, revealed by the website The Intercept Brasil, is something less serious and possible to be circumvented compared to the case of senator Ciro Nogueira (PP-PI). The parliamentarian was the target of a PF operation last week, designed to defend the bank in Congress. .
The problem, his allies believe, was Flávio lying to his own supporters and also publicly about not having any relationship with Vorcaro. The audio revealed shows the pre-candidate. Messages also demonstrate closeness, including conversations about dinner at the former banker’s house.
If he had been notified of the request for financing for the film, his allies say they could have at least prepared a speech for a quick reaction if the accusation was revealed. Co-religionists complain that they were caught off guard.
A PL deputy states privately that Flávio should have anticipated and said in advance that he had signed a deal with Vorcaro to finance the film, but that he acted transparently when revealing the contract — which would deflate the accusations.
The lack of warning to allies, even in a more restricted group, also delayed the campaign’s reaction to the complaint and made it difficult to have a more coordinated response on the networks, which increased the wear and tear of the pre-candidacy and raised more suspicions of irregularities.
In this way, they point out that it will be difficult to undo the image of a “liar” in the eyes of the electorate. Internally, they consider that the breach of trust is also irreversible. The message that remains, as described by a supporter, is “if he hid this, he could have hidden much more”, a situation that causes apprehension about new allegations.
For now, based on the current revelation that Flávio asked for resources to finance the film, the internal assessment is that the case will cause electoral wear, but may be forgotten by October, mainly due to the likely involvement of other politicians in the scandal.
The climate is one of maintaining Flávio’s pre-campaign and, internally, there is no question of a change in the ticket. Among parliamentarians from the Bolsonarist base without much connection with the leadership, however, the perception is that new revelations could shake up the pre-candidacy and force the PL to be replaced, at the risk of right-wing votes migrating to other candidates from the conservative camp, such as the former governor (Novo).
Zema until then spared Flávio and focused his criticism on the center or the STF (Supreme Federal Court) while he was considered vice-president. This Wednesday (13), after the conversations were revealed, the former Minas Gerais governor stated that the senator’s attitude was “unforgivable” and “”.
() has already stated that Flávio needs to explain himself about his relationship with Vorcaro, but later recorded a video “reflecting”, arguing that the center-right cannot be divided and that the “fundamental thing is to defeat the PT and the “in the second round of the election.
The senator’s allies minimize the situation, stating that there is no illegality in the funding request and that the case did not involve public money nor was there any compensation for this contribution of resources. They say that Master operated with the approval of the Central Bank and that, at the time, Vorcaro’s toxicity was not known.
Member of the group of PL deputies responsible for promoting Flávio’s campaign on the networks, Carlos Jordy (RJ) says that the crisis should not interfere with the election. “There is no illegality in asking for financing, especially when you do not have access to the Rouanet Law. Lula and [Michel] Temer also had films financed by Vorcaro,” he told Sheet.
Campaign members also talk about the assassination of reputations by the PT and attribute the news to a selective leak by the Federal Police, in charge of examining Vorcaro’s cell phones. According to them, Flávio was expected to be a victim of what they see as a negative propaganda machine from the federal government.
