There were 70 intense days of campaigning. In Propriá (SE), federal deputy Alfredo Gaspar (PL-AL) led a motorbike riding on a quad bike loaded with supporters. In Fortaleza, he got on the electric trio and performed a jingle like a tiktoker.
The serious image of the former prosecutor, who in the past denounced prison officers for the deaths of prisoners and called for the arrest of a retired Army general for fraud, was left behind.
Appointed to the position of vice-president of senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) less than 24 hours before the announcement of the presidential ticket, Alfredo Gaspar arrives at the vote this Sunday (25) with discreet participation in electoral propaganda, but with an intense agenda of campaign events in the Northeast.
Gaspar was chosen with an eye on President Lula's (PT) weariness with the Social Security scandal. The deputy was rapporteur for the INSS CPI and linked retirement and pension fraud to the federal government and Fábio Luís Lula da Silva, known as Lulinha, son of the president.
The choice also indicated an attempt by Flávio Bolsonaro to strengthen his campaign in the Northeast, a region where the PT has had a historic advantage in presidential elections since 2006.
On social media, the agendas in the Northeast and the INSS scandal concentrated the majority of the vice-presidential candidate's publications. In recent weeks, posts have focused on businesswoman Roberta Luchsinger, a friend of Lula's son who is being investigated on suspicion of influence peddling.
With 1.1 million followers on Instagram, Gaspar did not pay to boost any publications on official profiles during the campaign, according to a Folha survey of Meta's ad library. Without advertisements, the posts depended on the database itself to circulate.
A career prosecutor, Gaspar's entry into politics was the Public Security Secretariat of Alagoas, a department he commanded in the Renan Filho (MDB) government. He adopted the posture of a sheriff, a profile that was successful at the time in the wake of the Lava Jato operation.
He had a close relationship with Calheiros even before taking office. When he was still Attorney General of Alagoas, his son Carlos Mendonça Neto was appointed to the direction of the Agricultural Defense and Inspection Agency of Alagoas.
At the time, Alfredo Gaspar stated that he had no relation to his son's appointment and that the position would not prevent him from conducting a possible investigation that would involve the government of Alagoas or the governor.
His first elective contest was in 2020, when he ran for mayor of Maceió for the MDB sponsored by Renan Filho and senator Renan Calheiros (MDB). He reached the second round, but lost to the then deputy João Henrique Caldas, JHC, now governor elected by the PSDB and its ally.
The approach to Bolsonarism was gradual. In 2022, he was elected federal deputy for União Brasil as the second most voted in the state in that election. Membership in the PL only took place in March 2026, at the invitation of Flávio, when he took over the party's leadership in the state.
Initially, he would be a candidate for the Senate for Alagoas. His appointment to the position of deputy helped to pacify opposition in the state, sealing an alliance between JHC and former president of the Chamber Arthur Lira (PP), now an elected senator.
The search for a PL vice-president for Flávio Bolsonaro intensified after the party was left without the support of the PP and the Republicans. According to a friend of the deputy, Gaspar was in Maceió when he received the call from Flávio, on August 4th.
In part of the campaign, Gaspar was associated with a request for an investigation into suspected rape of a vulnerable person. The request was filed by the STF (Supreme Federal Court). Lula's (PT) campaign took the case to election time, but the Electoral Court suspended the video.
Gaspar classifies the accusation as a criminal attack by opponents, carried out when he was a CPI rapporteur. He is taking action against federal deputy Lindbergh Farias (PT-RJ) and senator Soraya Thronicke (PSB-MS) on charges of slander, slanderous denunciation, insult and coercion during the process.
Born in Maceió, Alfredo Gaspar is 56 years old and married. To the Electoral Court, he declared assets of R$564.7 thousand, which includes houses and land in Maceió and Marechal Deodoro (AL), two cars and shares in a gas station.
