Under threat, Bolsonaro is expected to fully embrace the centrist bloc.
Jair Bolsonaro began promising more positions after the arrest of Fabrício Queiroz, the family treasurer in the "rachadinha" (embezzlement) case.
247 - Disgraced for helping to hide Fabrício Queiroz and for facilitating the escape of Abraham Weintraub (learn more) here), Jair Bolsonaro should throw himself into the arms of the centrão. "On Thursday (18), the same day that the former advisor to Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (Republicanos-RJ) was detained, the president held a lunch with deputies and said that he intends to hold frequent meetings with members of Congress," it points out reporter from Folha de S. Paulo.
"On another front, palace aides say the president has signaled that new appointees from the centrist bloc should be named to second and third-tier positions in the coming days, in an attempt to secure the support of the parties that make up the group at a time of government fragility," the journalists also point out, noting that the centrist bloc's support is volatile.