The national president of the Liberal Party (PL), Valdemar Costa Neto, issued an official note through his Instagram account, this Thursday morning (25), commenting on the pre-candidate for president for the acronym.
In the text, he minimizes that the former first lady’s speeches could cause internal noise in the party and says that respect for individual convictions It is one of the fundamental principles of the legend. When addressing the the president argued that different views do not represent weaknessbut rather the maturity of a democratic and plural environment.
Costa Neto said that has not yet spoken personally to Flávio and Michelle Bolsonaro after the former first lady’s speeches, but stated that she will speak out again after the meeting, however, she said she admires individual opinions: “but I can already say that I admire the courage of those who defend what they believe”.
When trying to minimize the divergence, Valdemar stated that the party remains united, with the main objective of winning the elections and removing the current government from power.
Michelle’s statement
The former president’s wife published a video on her social networks on Wednesday (24), saying she had been humiliated by Flávio: “He mistreated me and said I should stay out of party decisions.” Michelle also stated that her stepson comes to her house every week and I never said I wanted your support in the candidacy.
According to the former first lady, Flávio “stabbed” her when defending deputy André Fernandes (PL-CE), who is president of the PL in Ceará. Fernandes declared support for the pre-candidate for the government of Ceará, Ciro Gomes (PSDB), who, according to Michelle, he called Flávio himself and his brothers corrupt and “eggs of Nazi snakes”.
She is against the PL supporting Ciro Gomes for the state government and wants councilor Priscila Costa (PL-CE) to be one of the party’s Senate candidates. Deputy André Fernandes said the day before that Michelle’s wish would not change the party’s decision in any way.
In the video, Michelle spoke about the decision to join Ciro Gomes and leave senator Eduardo Girão (Novo-CE) and Priscila Costa aside:
Is it to join this man that the Ceará PL is abandoning a legitimate right-wing candidate? Is it to join this man that they are persecuting and trying to remove from the dispute a northeastern woman who dedicated everything to the movement in defense of life?
Flávio’s response
The pre-candidate for the Liberal Party, Flávio Bolsonaro, denied the accusationsstating that he never humiliated any woman and that he recognizes Michelle’s work as president of PL Mulher and the care she takes for her father, Jair. He still
At no time did I offend or intend to offend Michelle. If I did so at any point, once again, I apologize. I have respect and recognition for her for her work at PL Mulher, for her care for my father and for everything she represents for Brazil.
The former president’s son said he tried to contact Michelle this Wednesday morning to invite her to participate in a meeting organized by senator Damares Alves (Republicanos-DF) with female leaders, but he received no response.
