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Senator Flavio Bolsonaro vows to respect Brazil election outcome

Flavio Bolsonaro said he will respect the vote and may grant amnesty to January 2023 riot convicts.

  • On Friday, Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro promised to respect the upcoming October election results during an interview with TV Globo's Jornal Nacional, stating "I will respect the electoral process; I will respect the results."
  • Flávio is the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for attempting to overturn his 2022 election defeat to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
  • If elected, the senator intends to grant amnesty to those convicted for the January 2023 riot in Brasília, when supporters invaded and ransacked the presidential palace, Supreme Court, and Congress.
  • Flávio distanced himself from Washington's July decision to impose tariffs on Brazilian goods, which Washington had characterized as a "witch hunt" against his father during trial, though the tariffs were later removed.
  • The senator's assurances position his candidacy as compliant with current electoral rules ahead of the October vote, marking a strategic shift from his father's past rhetoric questioning electronic voting machine integrity.
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The PL candidate for the presidency of the Republic, Flávio Bolsonaro, said on Friday (28) that he will respect the outcome of the elections. During an interview with TV Globo, the senator again denied that his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, had led an attempt at a coup d'état, and promised to try to approve an amnesty already in the government's transition, if elected. On the performance of Brother Eduardo Bolsonaro in the United Stat…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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In the Noblat program, the bench, with the participation of journalist José Casado, echoed Senator Flávio Bolsonaro's sabbatical in the National Journal, dissecting the candidate's refusal to admit the possibility of defeat and rhetorical maneuvers to deny the attempt of coup d'état led by his father.Pressed by the presenters on the attacks he made to the electronic ballots in front of diplomats, Flávio treated the lies he had told about a suppo…

·Brasília, Brazil
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The senator and presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) swore on Friday (28) that he will respect the outcome of the elections of 2026 and stated that he intends to work for the approval of the amnesty to those condemned by the acts of 8 January still during the government transition, if elected. The statement was given on the Saturday of the TV [...] Originally published in Flávio Bolsonaro swears to respect ballots and amnesty condemned f…

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The candidate for the presidency of the Republic by PL, Flávio Bolsonaro, was Saturday (28) in the National Journal. He spoke... The post Flávio Bolsonaro promises amnesty to the father and avoids election results and the Master in the JN appeared first in Bem Paraná.

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Globo broke the news in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Friday, August 28, 2026.
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