President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed this Sunday evening (26) that he is to name General and former Minister Walter Braga Netto Vice President on the list of candidates for this year’s elections.

Bolsonaro praised Braga Netto and said that if he won re-election, he said he would “help Brazil a lot here in the coming years”. In April, the president already said that the general’s chances of being elected were 90%. Information from Wall.

President Jair Bolsonaro and General Walter Nraga Netto. Photo: reproduction

At the time, Bolsonaro said he had a good chance of continuing with an army general on his list. According to him, this gives the ticket credibility and respectability.

Bolsonaro’s VP selection has been moving behind the scenes in Brazil since last year, when the president began running for re-election.