
At a rally in São Gonçalo, PL candidate stated that Jair Bolsonaro will hand him the presidential sash and promised to toughen sentences
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Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced in 2025 to 27 years and 3 months in prison by the STF for involvement in a coup plot.
"You will see, on January 6, 2027, on the date of inauguration, Flavio Nantes Bolsonaro saying a prayer and handing Brazil over to God, and you will see Jair Messias Bolsonaro placing the presidential sash on me", said Flavio Bolsonaro, on top of an electric trio during a motorcade in São Gonçalo, in the Metropolitan Region of Rio
In 2025, Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years and 3 months in prison by the First Panel of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) in the coup plot trial.
In September, Jair Bolsonaro's defense requested a criminal review of the accusations against the former president. The expectation is that Minister Kassio Nunes Marques, of the STF, will release the judgment of the case after the second round.
Before that, Nunes Marques must still ask the Attorney General's Office (PGR) to comment on the new arguments for the second criminal review presented by the defense at the end of September.
At the same event in São Gonçalo, Flávio also promised to reduce the age of criminal responsibility to 16 years old and harsher penalties for those who steal cell phones.
"A minor who commits a crime like a grown-up will pay like a grown-up. A cell phone thief will spend 8 years in prison and will have to work to pay for his stay", said the PL candidate for president.
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Senator Flávio Bolsonaro declared in São Gonçalo (RJ) that the actions against former president Jair Bolsonaro will boost his own candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic, reiterating the expectation that his father will hand him the presidential sash.

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