Overview
- Michelle Bolsonaro published videos saying she was “maltratada,” “desrespeitada” and “humilhada” by her stepson Flávio Bolsonaro, a disclosure that escalated tensions inside the Partido Liberal and public debate over family and party roles.
- The ex-first lady resigned as president of PL Mulher after a meeting with party chief Valdemar Costa Neto and said she will focus on caring for her husband and daughter, a move seen as a pause in her national political engagement.
- Flávio issued a public apology but the gesture has not ended divisions, with offers of mediation from figures such as deputy Nikolas Ferreira and public calls for unity from PL operatives including Priscila Costa.
- Michelle's public praise for the federal Policy for Bilingual Education of the Deaf, which she described as a 'dream realized,' provoked sharp attacks from parts of the Bolsonarist base that circulated mocking images and questioned her partisan loyalty.
- PL leaders are pressing Michelle to decide whether she will run for the Senate in the Distrito Federal before party conventions and are recalibrating Flávio’s pre-campaign by elevating his wife's public role to shore up support among women and centrist allies.