União Brasil and the Progressistas (PP) formally endorsed Flávio Bolsonaro’s presidential runoff bid against Lula after allowing their leaders and state organizations to choose their own paths in the first round. The decision gives Bolsonaro’s campaign a joint declaration from the two parties, which operate in a federation.¹

The account emphasizing the wider political realignment presents the move as part of a growing set of endorsements after the first-round result. Its report notes that former Goiás governor Ronaldo Caiado backed Flávio despite his PSD maintaining neutrality, while Novo’s Romeu Zema also declared support. The federation’s statement framed its decision around a changing Brazil and an economy driven by “technology, speed and cutting red tape.”¹

That framing casts the endorsement as one element of a broader effort to consolidate opposition to Lula. It also reflects the more openly partisan language used by some supporters online: Rodrigo Constantino hailed Caiado’s backing with a call for unity against the PT.Rodrigo Constantino (Rconstantino)²

The account from the right, by contrast, stresses the internal mechanics and national scope of the decision. It says the endorsement was approved “by acclamation” at a Brasília meeting, replacing a neutral first-round arrangement under which members could make regional alliances. Senator Tereza Cristina described the outcome as a decision made “by acclamation and unanimously” in support of Flávio Bolsonaro.³

Both reports agree that the federation’s position has changed and that Flávio finished the first round ahead of Lula. Their difference is one of emphasis: one highlights the accumulating anti-PT endorsements around the candidate, while the other presents União Brasil and PP’s action chiefly as a unified institutional decision. Online appeals from supporters likewise focused on mobilizing votes for Flávio in the runoff.Allan Dos Santos (allanconta5)⁴