Flávio's castration pledge Original rally footage

Sep 16

Brasil Alternativo republishes Metrópoles-watermarked rally footage of Flávio Bolsonaro holding a prop machete and directly warning rapists and abusers of women and children that they will face chemical castration. His complete statement says they should learn never to touch a woman without her consent. The crowd reacts; the recording ends after he begins an unfinished next sentence and indistinct shouting. The clip provides a campaign pledge, not an enacted punishment, legal mechanism or individual criminal judgment.

At a campaign rally at Cais da Alfândega in Recife on September 16, 2026, senator and presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro holds a prop machete and warns rapists and abusers of women and children that they will face chemical castration. The original footage preserves his full explanation that they should learn never to touch a woman without her consent. France 2's October 5 candidate profile replays the warning as an example of his tougher security platform, omitting that final consent clause. These are compatible accounts of one dated campaign pledge; the proposal is not reported enacted or applied in a criminal case.