After making sure of that Flavio Bolsonaro (PL) He is the candidate chosen by his father, Jair Bolsonaro (PL), To succeed him and run for the 2026 electionsparties Centrao Don’t start running, and the Labor Party is celebrating this announcement. But if government leaders believe that this choice would bring the center closer to Lula, politicians from groups belonging to this spectrum reject this scenario.
“(Flavio Bolsonaro) does not unite the center. He will remain isolated,” the Centrao party leader said. value. He believes that it is still too early to talk about an independent candidacy or a “third way,” but he rules out any rapprochement with the country’s government. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT).
In the Labor Party, the atmosphere was festive after the announcement. According to a member of the party’s national executive committee, the selection of Flavio Bolsonaro indicates that “the far right has taken over the right.”
This source said: “It is the best scenario for Lula. It allows him to compare the two governments (of Lula and Bolsonaro). The Centrao is getting closer to Lula, splitting the elections and will focus only on proportional elections.”
Earlier, the leader of the Labor Party in the chamber, MP Lindbergh Farias (RJ), He stated on social media that the name of the candidate has no connection. But he drew similarities and compared the two administrations.
“The dispute will be precisely this: a great, hungry, subservient Brazil to Bolsonaro versus a big, proud Brazil with opportunities that Lula is rebuilding. In this contradiction, they have no way to survive and the country knows it,” he wrote.