18 people running in Brazil's presidential and general elections... An unprecedented political family
Zaire's former president's wife, younger brother, and sons run for office one after another
Brazilian prosecutors request police investigation into alleged interference in U.S. presidential election
(Mexico City = Yonhap News) Correspondent Song Gwang-ho = "The Trump family looks like decent suburbanites near the Bolsonaro family."
This is the title of an article reported by the German weekly Stern.
On the 1st (local time), the Brazilian daily Paula Sao Paulo cited Stern to highlight the Bolsonaro family's enormous influence on Brazilian politics.
According to reports, 18 members of the Bolsonaro family are running in the Brazilian presidential and general elections to be held on the 4th. Of these, eight are key family members and relatives of former President Jair Bolsonaro, including his wife, son, and younger brother.
The eldest son, Senator Flavio, is running as the Liberal Party (PL) presidential candidate and is currently in a close race with the Workers' Party (PT) candidate, President Luiz Inácio Lula Dasiva, while the second sons, Carullus and Sanam Renand, are also running for senator and representative, respectively.
His wife, Michelle, also ran for the Senate, and his younger brother, Renato, ran for the House of Representatives. Stern pointed out, “The only ‘Bolsonaro’ who has not entered politics is Laura, his 15-year-old daughter (from Zaire).”
It is pointed out that the all-round political challenge of members of the Bolsonaro family is more direct than that of the Trump family, which exerts strong influence in U.S. politics.
While members of the Trump family, including President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, eldest daughter Ivanka, and eldest son Donald Trump Jr., have exercised enormous influence around the White House, members of the Bolsonaro family are much more active on the political front, running in droves for direct elections.
Brazilian sociologist Deborah Messenberg pointed out, “It is probably a world record for eight members of one family to run for election at the same time.”
Stern introduced that a huge 'political hereditary dynasty' like the Bolsonaro family is almost unprecedented in world political history, and compared it to other prominent political families such as France's far-right Le Pen family and the American Republican Bush family.
We also reported in detail on presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro.
Stern said that unlike President Trump, a right-wing leader in the Americas, or Argentine President Javier Millais, who entered the system from a political 'outsider', Flavio is "the embodiment of the establishment" and said, "He was able to become a senator because he is the son of Zaire. Politically, he has nothing to show except his last name."
He added, “Lula went from a factory worker to president, but Flavio went from being the president’s son to a presidential candidate.”
Meanwhile, on the 1st, three days before the presidential election, Brazil's Prosecutor General officially requested a police investigation into allegations that the U.S. administration attempted to support right-wing civic groups in Brazil using government funds.
It has been a day since the British daily Guardian reported that the Trump administration plans to provide $1 million (approximately 1.36 billion won) to civil society groups opposing the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court.
President Lula, who is tied with Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in the presidential election, has continued to call for U.S. intervention in the election.
