BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that Vice-President Hamilton Mourao will not be his running mate in this year’s election, but declined to name his choice for the role.
Bolsonaro, who will seek a second term in an October voting, said in an interview with TV Jovem Pan that Mourao will run for Senate in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. He added that his running mate choice will help him to “run the country, not win the election.”
(Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu; Writing by Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Toby Chopra)
