Tension in the Government of Brazil: Jair Bolsonaro's sons maintain open war with Vice President Hamilton Mourao

The confrontation between President Jair Bolsonaro's family and Vice President Hamilton Mourao, whom they accuse of disloyalty, has grown to the point that the head of state has tried in vain to reduce its impact.faced with political consequences that the ruling party can not yet determine.

"What causes a lot of noise, it is the successive statements of the vice unlike the president"said the deputy today Eduardo Bolsonaro, head of the commission of the external relations of the lower house.

The sons of Bolsonaro ignored a truce announced publicly by his father yesterday, by a statement read by his spokesman, General Otavio Rego, especially after the adviser of Rio de Janeiro Carlos Bolsonaro I launched a direct attack on vice president Mourao on Twitter.

After recalling several episodes in which he moved away from the ideology of his father, he clarified, without your peaceful or manifest animosity: "It's information! I do not attack anyone. These are just facts that have already happened and I would like to share them with friends ".

For his part, Jair Bolsonaro once again called for peace, although a spokesman said: "The president emphasizes that he will always be on the side of his children".

Sunday, a chronicler O & # 39; Globo He said he heard an audio from Bolsonaro in which encouraged his allies to address the vice president, especially on social networks, with the aim of attacking Mourão without causing further turmoil within the government, consisting largely of army officers and evangelical personalities.

The presidential family offensive against Mourao inscribed in the criticisms addressed to the vice president by the guru of the new Brazilian right, the astrologer and the essayist Olavo de Carvalho, who accuses the official of "traitor".

On Saturday, Bolsonaro posted on his Youtube channel a video of his mentor, Olavo de Carvalho, criticizing the country's army. The US-based writer called the president a "martyrdom" for "being able to deal with these bastards that gravitate around him" and added that the army "did a shitty job" during the Brazilian dictatorship ( 1964-1985). The video was deleted a day later.

The measure was supposed to target Mourão, an army officer who has repeatedly undermined Bolsonaro's public statements.

Something may worry the president: his second seems to have a better image (or not as bad as his), according to Datafolha. An opinion poll in early April showed that 18% of respondents believe the vice president's performance is "bad or horrible", a category to which Bolsonaro adds 30%. It's the worst qualification for a new president in the country's history.

Their profiles and postures have considerable distances. While Bolsonaro uses to meet with members of his cabinet and his political allies, Mourão prefers to speak to businessmen, members of civil society, diplomats, media and leaders of the country. 39; opposition.

When Bolsonaro went to Israel and promised to follow in the footsteps of the United States in moving the Brazilian embbady to Jerusalem, Mourão met with the Palestinian ambbadador to Brazil and tried to rebadure him that it probably would not happen. If Bolsonaro accused China of unfair trade practices, Mourão said Folha de São Paulo What Brazil "can not afford to undermine its ties with China" He added that he planned to visit the country in May.

On the other hand, according to the newspaper Epoca, Carlos Bolsonaro prevented his father from accessing his Twitter account. For this reason, the President of Brazil has not published anything in this social network since April 21st. when he posted a message for Easter.

However, the Brazilian president replied on his Twitter account that the journalistic publication was "FAKENEWS".

according to Epoca, Carlos blocked access to the social network in retaliation for a discussion they had on Sunday, and the climate within the family is seemingly tense..

"I've never seen such a childish and insignificant persecution on the part of some media to a person constantly showing this and other commonplace examples. However, I defend the sacred freedom of the press and expression, always in the direction of the meaning of citizens, "wrote the Brazilian president on his Twitter account.

(With information from Telam and France24)