The former president (PL) prioritizes consolidating a majority of pro-senators and ministers of the (Supreme Federal Court) in 2027 by choosing the right-wing names that should contest the October elections, in the opposite direction to that adopted by his son in the race for the Planalto.
The senator (-RJ) has avoided exposing weariness with the court and tried to preach the .
Questioned by Sheet Regarding goals if elected to , Bolsonaro pre-candidates talk about rebalancing the Powers and impeachment of magistrates, especially , rapporteur of the action in which the former president attempted a coup d’état.
last Friday (27) and, after authorization from Moraes, it was. The former president has been at home since then, after two weeks of hospitalization and having stayed in Papudinha since January, where.
The election for the Senate and control of the House are a priority for Bolsonaro, according to those who have visited him in recent months. The former president discussed his list of favorite names for the position of senator with politicians. He even wants to place his family in the Senate — (PL) in the Federal District and Carlos (PL) in Santa Catarina.
The PL defined that Bolsonaro is responsible for choosing the party’s candidates for the Upper House, while Valdemar Costa Neto, president of the party, is in charge of governors and deputies.
Survey of Sheet shows that the . Of these, the report spoke to 5 who support Moraes’ departure and found that at least another 24 have already publicly defended the minister’s impeachment or signed requests for the initiation of the process.
Also considering Flávio’s allies from other parties, there are more than 50 possible candidates from the Bolsonarist right.
According to the former president’s calculations, the Bolsonarist right (whether just the PL or adding other allied acronyms, such as Novo) could elect up to 35 candidates and, therefore, surpass 41 senators in 2027, guaranteeing the majority of the House.
This year, each state elects two representatives. In other words, 54 of the 81 senators will be elected, whose mandate is eight years. The PL currently has 17 senators, 7 of which are at the end of their term and 10 will remain in 2027.
The party intends to have at least one candidate for the Senate in each state — so far, there are no membership options to launch in Amapá.
With control of the Senate, the idea is to elect the president and advance agendas previously blocked by the House leadership, such as the impeachment of STF ministers.
On Friday, the former deputy (PL-SP) explained the family’s plans. “The future senators will ‘impeach’ Alexandre de Moraes. We will kick out these corrupt judges. The next day, I will prosecute him for the crimes he committed”, .
Federal deputy Sanderson (PL-RS), who will run for the Senate, says that obtaining a majority is important for Bolsonaro “because he is the victim of the greatest persecution in the history of Brazil”.
“The Supreme Court is out of control, and the one who can control it is the Senate, but it never did. We saw that the way to try to correct Brazil’s direction was to beat the Senate”, he states. Sanderson says he sees just cause for impeachment of Moraes and .
Flávio, in turn, has not encouraged anti-STF discourse, something that should be left to his supporters and candidates for the Legislature. The presidential candidate’s strategy is to target the government (PT) and prioritize proposals.
The assessment of those around the senator is that his father’s belligerent rhetoric and his confrontation with the other Powers weighed on the 2022 defeat and that these mistakes should not be repeated. Flávio’s allies also say that he, as his son, wants to avoid friction with Moraes.
When questioned, however, Flávio criticizes the STF and defends the impeachment of ministers in a formal manner. He also against Moraes and Toffoli.
“I will always defend that, if a crime of responsibility is proven, he will be impeached. In my point of view, there was an infringement, such as political party participation and decisions without legal basis where the magistrate should declare himself impeached. I will maintain my stance in favor of the impeachment of a minister who breaks the law; this is not undemocratic”, he responded to CNN last week.
Pre-candidates told the report that they see no problem with Flávio avoiding the clash with the STF. “I see him focused on his future management at the head of Planalto,” said Sanderson.
Signatory of several requests against Moraes, , stated that Flávio defends impeachment, but “he has to act with caution, because he is already a target and will be increasingly so”.
The tone against Moraes was also softened among candidates for the Senate. Colonel Hélio Oliveira (PL-RN) said that impeachment is a legal instrument, but avoided mentioning the names of ministers at the Sheetalthough there are publications in favor of Moraes’ departure.
Regarding Flávio, he states that he “does not need to talk about impeachment of ministers, because it is not the role of the President of the Republic to talk about it”.
The former minister (PL), who will run in Paraíba and has also dealt with impeachment on the networks, says that this is “not an obsession”.
“I’m not going to be a candidate for the Senate to come here and impeach Alexandre de Moraes or anyone else. Now, if there is evidence of a crime of responsibility, it is appropriate to open a process, not with the intention of taking revenge on anyone, but within due legal process.”
Representative Filipe Barros (PL-PR), also running for the Senate, says that impeachment “is an agenda, but a reform of the Judiciary is inevitable”. “This is a debate that has to be done in a sober way, with jurists, with the entire Senate involved, with the ministers themselves.”
