Flávio Bolsonaro Reiterates Preference for Female Vice President, Names Potential Candidates

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, a presidential hopeful, has again expressed his preference for selecting a woman as his running mate. During a live broadcast for the launch of the "Brasil por Elas" program, aimed at women, Bolsonaro cited former Caixa president Daniella Marques and federal deputies Simone Marchetto and Clarissa Tércio as potential vice-presidential candidates.

The "Brasil por Elas" initiative, coordinated in part by Daniella Marques, includes proposals such as an employment app for women, vouchers for low-income mothers to access private daycare, micro-credit for female entrepreneurship, and chemical castration for rapists. Bolsonaro indicated that Marques, Marchetto, and his wife, Fernanda Bolsonaro, would tour Brazil to present these proposals.

"I've said it many times: my preference is that (the vice) be a woman," Bolsonaro stated during the live stream. He specifically mentioned Daniella Marques, who was present, and Simone Marchetto, who he said helped develop the "Brasil por Elas" program. Clarissa Tércio was also named as a possibility.

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I've said it many times: my preference is that (the vice) be a woman.

However, the selection of any of these women depends on inter-party negotiations, as neither the federation formed by PP and União Brasil, nor the Republicanos party, have finalized their support for Bolsonaro's candidacy. Without progress in these discussions, these parties may opt for neutrality.

In the same broadcast, Bolsonaro criticized President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, questioning his use of technology. "One of the things that encourages us to make our name available to the country as an alternative, to rescue our nation, is because we have a government that is completely analog, a government that has a president who does not use a mobile phone," Bolsonaro said. He added that Lula "thinks artificial intelligence is only for manipulating videos and photos," suggesting the president is disconnected from modern innovations.

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One of the things that encourages us to make our name available to the country as an alternative, to rescue our nation, is because we have a government that is completely analog, a government that has a president who does not use a mobile phone.