Pablo Marçal Joins Flávio Bolsonaro Campaign

Overview

• Pablo Marçal announced he is joining Flávio Bolsonaro’s presidential campaign on Tuesday, saying he will mobilize supporters against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and urge votes for Bolsonaro’s ticket.
• Flávio Bolsonaro said Marçal will help craft proposals on entrepreneurship and social mobility, including plans to expand athlete scholarship programs tied to Bolsonaro-era policies.
• Marçal remains legally ineligible to hold office until 2032 after the Superior Electoral Court denied his registration on September 11 and barred him from using electoral funds and broadcast propaganda while his case was reviewed.
• Marçal renounced his own bid after the TSE decision and PRTB substituted him with party president Leonardo Avalanche on September 14, but Avalanche announced his withdrawal from the presidential race on September 30 and did not endorse another candidate.
• The development signals informal consolidation among anti-PT actors by shifting Marçal into an advisory and mobilization role that leverages his influencer reach even though he cannot appear on the ballot or access campaign funds.