Carla Zambelli says she is sorry for persecution and abandoned by Bolsonaro

Federal Deputy Carla Zambelli (PL-SP) said she was sorry for the episode where, with a gun in hand, she chased a man on the eve of the 2022 elections in Sao Paulo. In an interview with “Folha de S.Paulo”, Zambelli, who was one of Jair Bolsonaro’s main allies, also said he felt abandoned by the former president.

“Not only did I like other people also lost friendship of the president the moment they needed,” said Carla Zambelli. Last week, Bolsonaro held the deputy for the episode of persecution, causing his defeat at the polls that year.

Carla Zambelli faces a critical moment, with the Federal Supreme Court (STF) about to condemn her to 5 years and 3 months in prison under a regime, the loss of mandate for illegal possession of a weapon and illegal embarrassment. The deputy, who stood out as a spokesman for the pockets discourse against the electronic polls, seeks to reverse a condemnation for misinformation in the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).

Zambelli said she expected support from Bolsonaro, in return for her loyalty since 2013. She said she will not participate in acts in support of Bolsonaro. Still, he defended Bolsonaro’s innocence regarding accusations of involvement in a coup plot and classified the allegations as “absurd.”

About the occasion when he pursued and pointed to a gun at a man on the street in Sao Paulo, the deputy recognized that it was an “unfortunate attitude.” “At the time the head boiled and I wanted to hit him. My idea there was never to draw the gun. It was to change punch with him at first. And after I had the shot, I took the gun.”

Presidencies from the right to 2026

The deputy suggested the names of Michelle and Eduardo Bolsonaro as possible right representatives in the 2026 presidential elections. She said she would not point to this function the name of the governor of São Paulo Tarcísio de Freitas.

Despite the lawsuits of Justice, Carla Zambelli expressed her intention to return to politics in 2030.