Valdemar says that Tarcisio acts for amnesty and denies that action is in exchange for support

PL’s national president, Valdemar Costa Neto said on Wednesday, 3, that the amnesty project that is being processed in Congress as Jair Bolsonaro (PL) is tried by the First Class of the Supreme Court (STF) to benefit the former president “second moment”. According to the party leader, the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), acts in Brasilia for the approval of forgiveness to the convicts by January 8.

“We cannot make an amnesty if Bolsonaro has not been convicted yet. We hope there is the understanding that these people who were not entitled to defense can be amnesty. All were arrested on January 8 without defending themselves,” Valdemar said in an interview with GloboNews. The defendants had a right of defense in the course of the process.

Valdemar also cited the efforts of the governor of São Paulo, Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans), to articulate in Congress the approval of political forgiveness to the scammers. “He has worked, has helped within Republicans, so that we do the amnesty,” he said. He denied, however, that this is a condition to support him as a presidential candidate in 2026.

The leader said he will follow Bolsonaro’s appointment to choose the party’s candidate, whether Tarcisio or the former president’s son, Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP), who is in the United States and measured with the US government sanctions against Brazil and Brazilian authorities.

About Donald Trump’s tariff, Valdemar tries to push Eduardo’s digital from this and other US punishments against the country, stating that the federal deputy is in the US just to “defend his father.” “Eduardo did not articulate this (tariffs), he is there to help his father.”

About the trial that entered the second day at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Valdemar insisted that defendants of the crucial core should be entitled to a second trial, criticizing the criminal action to have gone straight to the maximum court of the judiciary. Still on the amnesty, the president of the PL states that it is necessary to “value” the work of the mayor, Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB), because his support for the Casa Casa project is needed.

According to the accounts of the party leader, there is support from PP, União Brasil parties, we republished, PSD and the PL itself, stating that it should compute about 300 votes for the amnesty, two weeks after the result of the STF trial that may condemn or acquit Bolsonaro.

‘Right staff thinks there was manipulation of the ballot box’

Quoting surveys commissioned internally by PL, Valdemar says that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) would win the second round of 2022. The party leader states that he himself has full confidence in the Brazilian electoral system, but that this is a “problem” he has with the right. He also said he told the result to Bolsonaro, who was angry, but knows Valdemar’s opinion about the smoothness of the electronic ballot box.

According to the analysis of the PL president, both Eduardo and his father, Bolsonaro, are extreme right politicians, but said this is not an impediment to compete for the party of Valdemar, who says he is right.

Eduardo and Zambelli Mandates

Regarding the possibility of the House to revoke the mandates of Eduardo and Federal Deputy Carla Zambelli (PL-SP), Valdemar stated that Zambelli’s condition is the most complicated. She was convicted twice by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and, after the first sentence, the parliamentarian fled the country, being fugitive from the Brazilian court until she was arrested in Italy on July 29.

“Carla made a mistake, poor thing, she does things for her head. It should have stayed in the United States, but went to Italy,” he said. “Then gave that interview, that carnival, was very bad. I was sad because a woman like her, honest with money business, everything, had fallen her own grave … I did not think she could do that,” he said.

Already about Eduardo’s mandate, Valdemar states that “they take how far it will be”, commenting that “Hugo cannot do magic” when the deputy’s absence limit is broken, referring to the mayor.