Brazilian Supreme Court says Bolsonaro can leave prison to undergo surgery
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Bolsonaro's jailhouse endorsement of Flávio — following a botched escape attempt with a soldering iron — defies all political logic and gifts Lula a fourth term. The senator trails by 15 points, lacks party support beyond the PL and triggered 50 billion reals to vanish from markets as investors recognized this desperate dynasty's last gasp has failed.
Flávio Bolsonaro's candidacy represents the only legitimate opposition to Lula and the corrupt Supreme Court that imprisoned Jair without any crime. The center-right's desperation to replace him with Tarcísio reveals their amoral pragmatism and hypocrisy — they want Bolsonaro's votes while abandoning political prisoners and ignoring the judicial abuses that exposed Brazil's rotten system.
Some may point that endorsing his own son is a poor choice given the rejection of their family name and as Flávio himself carries a heavy political baggage, but Jair Bolsonaro has previously been right against the odds. When presidential election results come out in October, the former president will face a final test on whether his political instincts remain sharp.
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