Bolson­aro made the remark about his son Flavio Bolson­aro, a Senato­r-elect in Brazil's new Congre­ssRIO DI JANEIRO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, elected on promises to stamp out graft, said in an interview on Wednesday that a politician son of his under scrutiny for suspicious financial transactions will “pay the price” if wrongdoing is found. Bolsonaro made the remark about his son Flavio Bolsonaro, a senator-elect in Brazil’s new Congress, to the financial news agency Bloomberg as he attended the annual Davos gathering of the globe’s political and corporate chiefs. “If by chance he erred and it were proven, I regret it as a father, but he?ll have to pay the price for those actions we can?t accept,” Bolsonaro said. The burgeoning scandal at home has badly embarrassed the president, who has taken a strong stand against graft. Two of those transactions, amounting to around $6,000, were deposits to an account held by President Bolsonaro’s wife.

Source: The Express Tribune January 23, 2019 17:15 UTC