The senator’s campaign defends a cautious reaction this Thursday (18) against the leader of the government (PT) in the Senate, . The order is to explore the fact promptly, without overshadowing the launch of proposals for his pre-candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic.
In the assessment of Flávio’s campaign, there is no way to bet on this year’s election given the volatility of the scandals involving the banker. The group is betting that, in the long term, Lula will only win if he presents better proposals for areas of interest to the population.
Earlier, Flávio Bolsonaro shared on X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram reports about the operation against Jaques Wagner. “The scandal involving Lula is like the incompetence of the Lula government: there is no way to hide it,” commented the pre-candidate for the Presidency.
During an event in São Paulo to launch its public security program, “the Bahia PT has just been imploded.” He also stated that the action is “an encouragement that impunity will be combatted.”
The same Master crisis, which now involves Jaques Wagner, hit Flávio Bolsonaro in May with the revelation that he had to finance the film “”. Around R$61 million was transferred.
After this episode, Flávio Bolsonaro fell back in the polls. The campaign assesses that the senator showed resilience and consolidated himself as the main right-wing candidate, after the revelation of his relationship with the banker.
The one released after the revelation of Flávio Bolsonaro’s relationship with Vorcaro showed the senator dropping six points in the first round. In the second round, Lula regained his numerical advantage, with 47% to 43%. In the previous survey, both had 45%. The margin of error is two percentage points.
In this sense, allies assess that the operation against Jaques Wagner will not be the basis of the campaign, but it helps to balance the game. Although they recognize that Lula was not directly implicated, they point out that the list of PT allies involved in the scandal has grown.
Bolsonaristas remember that Jaques is a person close to Lula. The senator, one of the founders of the PT, is called “Galician” by the president.
The operation
The PF carried out search and seizure warrants at the apartment of Jaques Wagner, former governor of Bahia. The suspicions are that the senator funds from Banco Master through a company linked to his stepson’s wife, in addition to an apartment valued at R$2.5 million.
The investigation was made based on the analysis of , a former partner of Master, and motivated the phase of Operation Compliance Zero this Thursday. Lima was also the target of searches again.
It was the first time that an actual operation on Master involved people close to Lula. In previous phases, senator Ciro Nogueira (PP-PI), former minister of the Civil House in the Jair Bolsonaro government (), was also investigated.
