Overview
- Carlos Bolsonaro accepted Alesp’s Medal of Legislative Merit, became emotional during a tribute video, and thanked supporters for treating him as a de facto conduit to Jair Bolsonaro.
- He said he visited his father once in custody in Brasília and described a four-square-meter cell with a locked door, calling the conditions an act of inhumanity.
- Flávio Bolsonaro said Jair Bolsonaro tasked him with carrying the project into the 2026 race, and Carlos affirmed support, saying he learned of the decision through his father’s lawyer.
- PL figures used the tribune to pledge loyalty as Mário Frias hailed Flávio’s pre-candidacy, while centrist leaders voiced doubts and floated São Paulo governor Tarcísio de Freitas as a preferable standard-bearer.
- Carlos, a Rio councilor who plans a 2026 Senate run in Santa Catarina, downplayed resistance from the Centrão and called Tarcísio an ally, as UNE-organized students protested outside with chants of “sem anistia.”