Brazil Liberal Party confirms deferral of Bolsonaro’s affiliation

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to the note released by the party’s national board, PL chairman Valdemar Costa Neto sent a statement to party members clarifying that the decision “resulted from an intense message exchange in the early hours of Sunday, November 14, with President Jair Bolsonaro.”

The decision was taken “by mutual agreement” between Bolsonaro and the PL chairman, the statement added.

There were still disagreements between Bolsonaro’s political group and the PL over the composition of the slate for next year’s gubernatorial election in São Paulo.

Bolsonaro himself on Sunday, during a visit to Dubai, said he thought it would be difficult for his membership to happen on November 22 and mentioned the case of São Paulo, because he would not accept that the party support any PSDB candidate for the Presidency–Governor João Doria is affiliated to PSDB.

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