Flávio Bolsonaro, a presidential candidate for the Liberal Party, said Jair Bolsonaro would place the presidential sash on him if he wins the election and takes office on January 6, 2027. Speaking at a campaign motorcade in São Gonçalo, Flávio also said he would pray and place Brazil “in God’s hands” at the inauguration.¹

Accounts from the right present the pledge as part of a broader campaign message that casts Flávio’s candidacy as a reaction to the treatment of his father. He told supporters that those who tried to silence Jair Bolsonaro and take power from him were “the same ones putting Flávio Bolsonaro in the president’s chair.”¹ The same report highlighted his promises for tougher criminal penalties, including lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 16 and imposing longer sentences for cellphone theft.

Reporting from the left focuses more closely on the legal and institutional implications of the statement. It notes that Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced by the Supreme Federal Court to 27 years and three months in prison for leading an attempted coup, and that Flávio has made a presidential pardon for his father a campaign commitment.²

Both accounts agree that the sash pledge is linked to Flávio’s expectation that his father could be free by inauguration day. But they diverge on what that prospect represents: the right-leaning account treats it as a political and personal act of restoration, while the left-leaning report stresses that a pardon could face court challenges. It also cites Flávio’s earlier remarks that, if the Supreme Court treated such a measure as unconstitutional, there could be “use of force” and “direct interference between the branches of government.”²