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Flávio turns September 7 revelations about Moraes into campaign fuel

From Estadão · () Portuguese

Translated from Portuguese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Flávio Bolsonaro used Brazil’s September 7 Independence Day rally in São Paulo to attack Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes over revelations involving Daniel Vorcaro.
  • The event sought to transfer Jair Bolsonaro’s political capital to his son, while campaign lawyers urged Flávio to avoid attacks on voting machines, the electoral system and the Superior Electoral Court.
  • Flávio linked Moraes to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva but also said the Supreme Court needed protection, reflecting the campaign’s legal caution.

Less than a month before the first-round vote, Flávio Bolsonaro turned revelations about the relationship between Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and Daniel Vorcaro into fresh campaign fuel. The disclosures, made public after Justice André Mendonça lifted the secrecy around a Federal Police report, put Moraes back at the center of Bolsonaro-aligned attacks.

The September 7 rally on São Paulo’s Paulista Avenue also served a broader political purpose. Flávio sought to present himself as Jair Bolsonaro’s political heir, repeating symbols and narratives associated with his father. The event combined confrontation with legal caution. Onstage, Flávio linked Moraes to Lula, spoke of political persecution and invoked a possible “third stabbing,” but he also said the Supreme Court needed to be preserved.

third stabbing

· Flávio BolsonaroHe invoked the phrase while speaking about alleged political persecution and attacking Alexandre de Moraes.

That caution extended beyond the microphone. Paulo Amador da Cunha Bueno, Jair Bolsonaro’s lawyer, remained beside Flávio for almost the entire speech. Estadão reported that the campaign’s legal team had instructed the candidate to avoid attacks on voting machines, the electoral system and the Superior Electoral Court, as well as statements that could create grounds for later legal challenges.

those who vote for Lula vote for Moraes

· Flávio BolsonaroHe used the slogan to link President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with the Supreme Court justice.

The strategy was to raise the pressure on Moraes without creating a new legal problem for the candidacy. Flávio said that “those who vote for Lula vote for Moraes” and argued that the Supreme Court must be protected. He also said he would appoint five justices to the court because, in his account, Moraes would fall.

The rally carried a familiar visual language. In the São Paulo cold, Brazilian flags again mixed with US flags, while an inflatable Donald Trump figure rose above the crowd. The scene repeated an aesthetic seen at earlier Bolsonaro-aligned Independence Day rallies on Paulista Avenue, while the Moraes revelations supplied the event’s new focus.

protect the Supreme Court

· Flávio BolsonaroDespite attacking Moraes, he said the institution itself needed to be preserved.
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Originally published by Estadão in Portuguese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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