The senator (-RJ) called the operation against the senator (-BA) a “breath” during an event this Thursday (18). The PT member, leader of the Lula (PT) government in , was one of the targets of , triggered by .
Suspicions are that Wagner may have received amounts from a company linked to his stepson’s wife, in addition to a .
“The PT of Bahia has just been imploded by the Federal Police with an operation against the leader of the PT government in the Federal Senate, Jaques Wagner. This is an encouragement that impunity will be combatted. As we always say, the core of this whole problem was the PT of Bahia,” he said.
The senator tries to separate his image from the Banco Master scandal after his closeness to former banker Daniel Vorcaro was revealed in , which tells the story of his father, the former president (PL).
According to investigations, Vorcaro may have sent around R$61 million abroad to finance production.
Flávio also defended the reclassification of criminal factions, such as CV () and (Primeiro Comando da Capital) as terrorist organizations, like the USA.
Donald Trump’s government resolved it, which was criticized by experts, after Flávio’s visit to the White House.
The PL presidential pre-candidate took to the stage accompanied by the senator (PL-PR), pre-candidate for the Government of Paraná, and the deputy (PP-SP), former Secretary of Public Security and pre-candidate for the Senate.
The proposals also include an increase in the number of prisons and the creation of five new maximum security institutions in “, stated Flávio.
“Prison is not a place to resocialize anyone. Prison is a place for these types of dangerous criminals to be imprisoned. It is a place of punishment”, he also said.
The senator cited his daughters, aged 12 and 14, to defend the chemical castration of rapists. “I can’t imagine the pain of a father or the pain of a mother or the pain of a girl, a child, who suffers from this type of illness,” he said.
The Bolsonaro pre-candidate’s project also includes reducing the age of criminal responsibility, increasing funding for public security and implementing a national camera system with facial recognition.
In his speech, Moro said that the Lula government does not have a project for public security, but a “collection of jokes”. He also advocated mass incarceration and the adoption of measures like those implemented in .
The current Salvadoran president, , was known for reforms in the police and legal system. The management is criticized for its autocratic tendencies and is the target of allegations of human rights violations. In July 2025, the Salvadoran Legislature, with a government majority, approved an amendment to the Constitution that allows successive re-elections.
Derrite, in turn, celebrated the end of and defended the surveillance of borders and ports and airports to prevent entry and exit from Brazil.
The delegate defended what he called financial suffocation and recalled the fact that the event took place in the financial heart of São Paulo, Avenida Faria Lima. “We trust the Brazilian financial market,” said Derrite, in a nod. The event took place at Teatro B32.
Flávio added that the public security policy is also for “people who have money” and not just for poor people.
The senator’s campaign’s public security program recycles the name of the . The portal’s YouTube channel was suspended in 2022 for “serious violations of community guidelines”, according to the platform. In 2024, activities were definitively closed.
