Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro said he would back a ban on presidential re-election and extend it to the president’s relatives if he wins office. He also rejected suggestions that his father Jair could run for president again in 2030.
Flavio Bolsonaro told reporters on Thursday, Oct. 8, that if he becomes president, none of his relatives should be eligible to run for the office in 2030. He was responding to Liberal Party chairman Valdemar Costa Neto, who had said former president Jair Bolsonaro could seek the presidency again in four years.
Flavio called his party colleague’s suggestion inappropriate and backed a constitutional amendment to end presidential re-election. He is one of the authors of proposal PEC 4/2026. The senator said he would use the political capital of a newly elected president to pass the amendment during his term.
The text of the proposal bars a president from seeking another term but does not mention relatives. Flavio said details, including whether the restriction should cover family members up to the third degree of kinship, would be settled during the legislative process.
Costa Neto told CNN earlier this week that Jair Bolsonaro could be a strong candidate in 2030 if Flavio wins. The contrast between that prediction and the senator’s position prompted his latest public comment.