The beginning of the electoral campaign in Bahia presented to voters a version of João Roma (PL), Senate candidate on the ticket of ACM Neto (União Brasil), far from the Bolsonaroist image that characterized him in 2022. The state president of PL abandoned the green and yellow used previously, when he supported former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), of whom he was a minister, and replaced the outfit with the blue colors that mark the carlista candidate's campaign.
Roma's posture has been displeasing PL aspirants to the Legislative Assembly and the Chamber of Deputies, who complain about the lack of funds and campaign material to promote the party's name in the presidential race, Flavinho Bolsonaro. This divergence between Roma's strategy and the expectations of other party candidates opened a crisis in the state directory of the PL in Bahia.
ACM Neto, who runs for governor of Bahia facing the PTB governor Jerónimo Rodrigues, rules out the possibility of publicly including Bolsonaroism in his campaign, opting for a more moderate image to win votes beyond the Bolsonaroist base.
