Flávio Bolsonaro

Partido Liberal (PL)
Presidential candidate (PL) · Nationwide, Brazil · 2026
PurposeFlávio Bolsonaro, a sitting federal senator for Rio de Janeiro, is running for president in Brazil's 2026 general election on a platform centered on public security and economic liberalization.

Economy
Flávio Bolsonaro's government plan, titled Para o Brasil Vencer o Atraso and filed with the TSE, proposes broad tax cuts on consumption and production, including lower levies on fuel and utility bills, and calls for eliminating cumulative taxation and reducing employer payroll contributions to lower the cost of formal employment. It sets a target of sustained 4% annual GDP growth and proposes using the state bank Caixa Econômica Federal as the primary channel for consumer credit, alongside a Ganha, Ganha program of financial incentives for on-time bill payment and course completion. The plan also calls for selling or granting concessions over state-owned companies to reduce the fiscal deficit, and for a reduced-contribution first-employment contract for workers aged 18 to 24.

Security
Public security is the plan's central theme, organized under the name Brasil Sem Medo. It proposes designating organized-crime groups such as the PCC, Comando Vermelho, and militias as narcoterrorist organizations, vowing that such groups would be "pursued with force and intelligence," and calls for building five new maximum-security federal prisons modeled on El Salvador's system and adding 500,000 prison beds within four years. The plan proposes lowering the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16, with punishment possible from age 14 for serious crimes, ending progressive sentence reductions, and requiring electronic monitoring of domestic-violence offenders. It also calls for a National Border System using military units to interdict drug and arms trafficking, for installing one million surveillance cameras with facial recognition under a program called Muralha Brasileira, and for permanent congressional legislation setting fixed criteria for firearm ownership and carry permits in place of the current regulatory decree.

Agriculture/Food
The agricultural chapter calls for expanding domestic fertilizer production using Brazil's potassium and phosphate reserves to reduce import dependence, and for enlarging irrigated farmland and grain-storage capacity to stabilize year-round food supply. It proposes completing land-title regularization for small rural properties, expanding the rural-insurance program, and consolidating the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) while extending ecosystem-service payments to farmers who conserve land. The plan states a goal of ending illegal deforestation by 2029 through satellite monitoring and coordinated enforcement among federal agencies.

Health
On health, the plan proposes a unified electronic health record linked to each citizen's national ID (CPF) to connect public and private providers and reduce duplicate testing, alongside expanded telemedicine and home medication delivery for elderly and disabled patients. It calls for expanding the Family Health Strategy for community-based primary care, correcting SUS reimbursement rates to reflect actual service costs, and creating mobile health units, including adapted boats, to reach riverine and other underserved communities. The plan also proposes a dedicated elderly-care program and expanded treatment access for depression, anxiety, and ADHD.

Education
The education proposals prioritize phonics-based literacy instruction in early grades and link school funding to measured learning outcomes. The plan proposes an Acolher peer-tutoring initiative that would pay high-performing students to mentor struggling classmates, expansion of the civic-military school model, and a stronger link between technical secondary education and local labor-market needs. It also proposes education vouchers for families in areas where public-school capacity is insufficient and a contingent-income loan model for higher education, under which graduates would repay only once employed.

Infrastructure
The plan commits to R$900 billion in infrastructure investment over four years across highways, railways, ports, airports, and waterways, and proposes Intelligent Logistics Corridors intended to cut freight transport costs from the current 15.5% of GDP to 8.8%. Named projects include completing the Ferrogrão freight railway linking Mato Grosso to northern ports, finishing the Transnordestina railway, launching a Northeast passenger rail line, and completing the northern axis of the São Francisco River water-transfer project. It also sets a goal of universal water and sewage access by 2033 under Brazil's sanitation legal framework.

Governance
The governance section proposes eliminating presidential re-election, cutting at least ten federal ministries, and reducing appointed positions and administrative spending. It calls for digitizing all federal services capable of being handled online and creating a unified digital identity tied to the Gov.br platform, along with shortened environmental-licensing timelines and automatic approval if agencies miss stated deadlines. It also proposes a rule of 20-year regulatory stability for major investment projects, with state liability for damages if rules change after a project has been licensed in good faith.

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