Marcos Pereira evaluates that the electoral scenario remains open and far from a consensus around the name of Flavio Bolsonaro, better known as son ’01’. National president of the Republicans party, congressman Marcos Pereira (SP) stated on Monday that there is still no definition of a unified support from the right to senator Flavio Bolsonaro’s (PL-RJ) pre-candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic. According to Pereira, the conservative field remains fragmented, with different groups showing interest in running for the Planalto Palace. Marcos Pereira evaluates that the electoral scenario remains open and far from a consensus around the name of Flavio Bolsonaro, better known as son ’01’. ‘When you say that the right is aligning with Bolsonaro, with Flavio Bolsonaro, it’s not all settled yet. Caiado, the governor of Goias, has said he will run, Romeu Zema, from Minas, has stated he will run, Ratinho is signaling that he might run. I think it’s not closed yet; on the contrary, it’s divided,’ he observed. This statement comes amid tension between right-wing leaders and parties from the so-called ‘Centrão.’ In recent days, figures linked to the Liberal Party, such as the party’s leader in the Chamber, congressman Sóstenes Cavalcante (PL-RJ), and former congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP), have intensified criticisms towards the party and the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans-SP). Last week, Cavalcante stated that Tarcísio would not be the political heir of former president Jair Bolsonaro for the presidential race and demanded a public show of support from the governor of São Paulo for ’01’s pre-candidacy. Despite the maneuvers, the senator only has, so far, the formal backing of his own party, the PL.




