Bolsonaro's eldest son says he'll run for Brazil presidency in 2026

[ad_1] SAO PAULO — Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro , stated Friday that his father determined he ought to represent their political group and run for president in 2026.

Bolsonaro was arrested last month and commenced serving a 27-year jail sentence after being convicted of attempting a coup . The far proper chief has already been barred from working for workplace till 2030 as a part of a separate course of in opposition to him.

“It's with nice accountability that I verify the choice of Brazil’s best political and ethical chief, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, to entrust me with the mission of constant our nationwide challenge,” Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on X .

The workplace of Sen. Bolsonaro confirmed to The Related Press that he'll problem President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silv a, who's working for a fourth nonconsecutive time period, because the candidate of Bolsonaro’s Liberal Occasion. The workplace additionally stated Flávio Bolsonaro visited his father in jail on Tuesday.

Flávio Bolsonaro was elected senator in 2018 for an eight-year time period, following a profession as a state legislator in Rio de Janeiro. The politician was on the heart of allegations of embezzlement of public funds involving the household’s political places of work. Prosecutors charged him, however the case was dismissed by the courts. The senator has denied any wrongdoing.

Many politicians in Brazil seen Sao Paulo Gov. Tarcísio de Freitas, a former member of Jair Bolsonaro’s cupboard, because the pure successor. Nonetheless, he confronted resistance from Bolsonaro’s interior circle, which has additionally thought-about his son, Flávio Bolsonaro, as a presidential possibility.

Opinion polls have proven that Bolsonaro remains central to Brazil’s polarized landscape . Even behind bars, he might decide who carries his coalition’s flag into the 2026 election. Observers say that to change into a aggressive contender in opposition to Lula, any opposition candidate should first safe the essential electoral base and express help of far-right chief Bolsonaro.