Former President Jair Bolsonaro has announced that he will be in Goiania this Sunday, the 27th, to follow the vote of Fred Rodriguez, candidate for mayor of Poland. In a video on the candidate’s social networks, the former president reaffirmed his support.
“I’ll be there from the early hours watching the vote in this city and also supporting our mayoral candidate Fred,” he said. The former president, whose electoral home is Rio, where there is no runoff, is also expected to go to Annapolis (GO) this Sunday.
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Bolsonaro said he trusted Fred Rodriguez and described him as “a really serious, competent person with the managerial capacity to lead the city for the next four years.” “Fred is the name for the future of this capital,” he added.
Bolsonaro criticizes Fred Rodriguez’s opponent
The former president also criticized his opponent Sandro Mabel (União Brasil) and Goiás Governor Ronaldo Cayado (União Brasil). Bolsonaro accused them of using the public sector to benefit Mabel.
“The other side, you know, has the ‘biscuit’ people, the united left and the other governor there, who are already in charge of using the machine to buy voters’ votes,” Bolsonaro said.
In the first round of the elections in Goiania, Fred Rodriguez leads with 31.14% of the valid votes. Sandro Mabel is in second place with 27.66%.
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