Councilman Noel Castelo (Solidarity) was elected this Sunday (6) mayor of Eldorado, city of Vale do Ribeira, 243 kilometers from São Paulo, where (). Former Quilombola leader, he about descendants of enslaved people who live at the scene.
Noel had 41.87% of the valid votes and surpassed 297 votes the candidate dr. Galindo (PSD), linked to the most conservative sectors of the city, which had 37.85% of the valid votes. Dr. Debora (PT) was third, with 20.27% of the valid votes.
Two brothers and cousins of the former president live in Eldorado. Despite the bond with the Bolsonaro family, the election did not have traces of national polarization.
The supplementary election was called after the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) to revoke the registration of Elói Fouquet (PSDB), which reached 30.02% of the valid votes. He did not take office, who was actually occupied by Noel Castelo, currently councilman.
Fouquet was considered ineligible due to a conviction for administrative misconduct that, according to the TSE, involved damage to public coffers and enrichment of third parties. He indicated his wife, Nazil Fouquet (PSDB), as deputy of the petista candidate.
Born in the city of Glicério, also in the interior of São Paulo, Bolsonaro arrived with his family to Eldorado in 1965 and.
He was in the municipality when (1937-1971), guerrilla who led the armed struggle against the military dictatorship, took refuge in the region of the region. Lamarca and her group exchanged fire with the military looking for them in the central square, a scene that the president says he witnessed.
In 2017, Bolsonaro of the city by saying that they “do absolutely nothing”.
“I went to Eldorado Paulista. The lighter African descent there weighed seven arrobas. They do nothing. Not even to procreat he serves more,” he said in a lecture at the Rio de Janeiro Hebrew club.
A year later, the newly elected mayor, at the time leader of the quilombola abobral community, questioned the former president’s speech.
“There is nothing that he said. If he saw someone for nothing, it may be that he went on a weekend. And then people really rest, it’s a right,” he told the Sheet.
The speech led to an action for moral damages and a criminal complaint offered by former Attorney General Raquel Dodge. He was acquitted in both cases.
As showed by Sheet During the, it is difficult to find concrete evidence of Bolsonaro’s passage to the city, except for the stories told by residents who lived with him and the places they indicate, such as the public school where he studied, the points where his relatives have trades and the addresses in which he resided.
Another proof of Bolsonaro’s relationship with the earth is in the cemetery. The president was there, who lived in the city. The family deposit is identified by a single sign preached in the highest drawer: “Percy Geraldo Bolsonaro”.
