Flavio invests in criticisms of Moraes, but modulates tone regarding STF and outsources harsher attacks to allies

Flavio Bolsonaro's campaign (PL-RJ) adopted a strategy to keep Minister Alexandre de Moraes as the central target of criticism in the final stretch of the election, but without confronting the Supreme Federal Court (STF) as an institution. The formula was tested at the September 7th event on Paulista Avenue, where the candidate concentrated his attacks on the magistrate while preserving the Court as an entity. The assessment of allies is that the tone was successfully calibrated and should be repeated in the next four weeks before the first round. The political calculation seeks to exploit Moraes's wear and tear and keep the bolsonarist base mobilized, avoiding repeating in the candidate's voice the generalized confrontation with institutions that marked Jair Bolsonaro's government. Meanwhile, allies with fewer legal and electoral constraints are freer to raise the tone of attacks, functioning as an outsourcing of the harshest attacks. At the same time, the campaign tries to prevent the crisis at the STF from overshadowing other banners used by Flavio to reduce his rejection among voters.