Jair Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro allies clash over Papudinha transfer and 2026 race
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Following Jair Bolsonaro's transfer to Brasília's Papudinha facility, tensions erupted among his supporters over the 2026 elections, with public spats between backers of Flávio Bolsonaro and São Paulo Governor Tarcísio de Freitas. Tarcísio confirmed efforts for house arrest, but the move fueled clan divisions as allies push for candidacies.
President Lula will formally announce his veto of the Dosimetria Bill—previously passed by Congress to ease penalties for Jair Bolsonaro and January 8 convicts—at a January 8, 2026, event marking the coup attacks' third anniversary. Planalto sources say allies, not the Executive, would challenge any congressional override in the STF.
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The Federal Police conducted an operation on December 19, 2025, targeting federal deputies Sóstenes Cavalcante and Carlos Jordy from PL-RJ, probing the diversion of parliamentary quotas. Agents seized R$430,000 in cash from a property linked to Sóstenes, the PL leader in the Chamber. Supreme Court Justice Flávio Dino authorized searches and the breach of bank secrecy.
Retired STF Justice Celso de Mello turns 80 and, in an interview with Folha, stresses the need for internal cohesion in the court to counter external attacks. He defends the Supreme Court's rulings in the coup plot trial that convicted Jair Bolsonaro and reaffirms the tribunal's independence against foreign pressures. Mello notes that no power survives the disunity of its members.