Statement by the PL president contradicts the senator’s version of the meeting with a banker and could worsen the crisis in the presidential pre-campaign
Allies of senator and pre-candidate for the presidency of the Republic Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) classified the statement by PL president, Valdemar Costa Neto, as a “disaster”about the meeting between the parliamentarian and the banker Daniel Vorcaro. The assessment, according to sources heard by the Young Panis that the speech further aggravates the crisis that was already affecting the senator’s pre-presidential campaign.
Earlier, to ask for the rest of the money allocated to financing the film Dark Horse, which tells the story of former president Jair Bolsonaro. THE statement directly contradicts the version presented by the senator himselfwho admitted the meeting, but stated that the objective was to end the relationship between the two.
The situation was already delicate for Flávio. The release of an audio in which the senator asked Vorcaro for R$134 million had put the pre-campaign on the defensive. For interlocutors, Valdemar’s speech makes the work of the senator’s communications team even more difficult.
“With a friend like that [Valdemar]no one needs an enemy”, said a source, with reservation. Another ally assessed that Flávio’s new communication “will have to do a lot of work to be able to convert the crisis”.
Flávio Bolsonaro is in the United Stateswhere he tries to facilitate a meeting with President Donald Trump. So far, he has not commented on Valdemar Costa Neto’s statements.
