Carlos Bolsonaro obtains diplomatic passport because he is the president's son.
The red-covered document is issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and granted to the president and vice-president, ministers of state, governors, diplomats, and ministers of superior courts, as well as members of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies; Carlos Bolsonaro is a city councilman for Rio de Janeiro and obtained the benefit under the justification of his need to accompany his father on official missions abroad.
247 - City councilman Carlos Bolsonaro (PSL-RJ), son of President Jair Bolsonaro, has been granted a diplomatic passport. This information comes from the website [website name missing]. The Antagonista, which states that a check of the official system indicates that the document has already been sent.
The red-covered document is issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and granted to the president and vice-president, ministers of state, governors, diplomats, and ministers of superior courts. Members of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies are also entitled to this benefit.
However, according to the law, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is only allowed to authorize the issuance of the document on an exceptional basis due to the country's interest.
Therefore, there must be a formal and substantiated request from the highest authority of the competent body to which the applicant belongs or represents; in other words, city councilors could only obtain it by prerogative of Chancellor Ernesto Araújo, "due to the country's interest," demonstrating "the performance of a mission or ongoing activity."
According to O Antagonista, "the concession would be justified by the need for Carlos to accompany his father on official missions abroad." Furthermore, the special passport guarantees access at airports and waives the visa requirement in some countries.
In 2011, the news that two of former President Lula's sons had received diplomatic passports provoked a strong reaction from the media and parliamentarians aligned with the Bolsonaro clan, even leading the government of then-President Dilma Rousseff to create stricter criteria for obtaining diplomatic passports, which remain in effect to this day.