Flavio Bolsonaro Visits Father Under House Arrest Ahead of Brazil Runoff
The switch follows public pressure as the proposal would cut weekly hours to 40 and needs 49 Senate votes in two rounds.
- On Tuesday, Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro announced he will vote to end Brazil's 6×1 work week, reversing his previous opposition to the labor reform ahead of the October 25 runoff.
- The shift follows a direct challenge from President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva; Bolsonaro aims to neutralize a political trap designed to boost his opponent's reelection prospects before the runoff.
- Passing the proposed constitutional amendment, or PEC, requires at least 49 of the 81 senators in two separate voting rounds to end the 6×1 schedule—six working days followed by one day off.
- Political consultant Leandro Gabiati called the pivot "a smart move" to maintain broad appeal, noting nearly 70% of Brazilians support ending the work schedule in recent polling.
- Senate President Davi Alcolumbre scheduled the first voting round for Wednesday, October 14, though it remains unclear whether the Liberal Party will instruct other senators to follow Bolsonaro's lead.
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Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro reverses course, backs end to six-day workweek
SAO PAULO, Oct 13 - Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he would back a popular labor reform to reduce the country's workweek, reversing his position in a bid to avoid handing a political win to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, his leftist opponent in Brazil's presidential elections. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Flávio Bolsonaro finally had his expected family scene. The presidential candidate of the ultra-right and winner of the first shift, on October 5, dressed his father, Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest after having been sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for attempted coup d’état. Flávio arrived at the residential complex where the former president serves his sentence in Brasilia, amid auspicious news: a new poll confirms his chanc…
Less than two weeks after the elections in which all polls mark that he will become the new president of Brazil, Flávio Bolsonaro has visited his father, the former president of the...
The former president is serving a 27-year prison sentence for beating, but could be pardoned if his son defeats Lula in the second round.
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