Patrícia Alencar, from Marituba, says she has shared a personal profile post that will use episode to combat machismo
(MDB), Mayor of the city of Marituba, Pará, received criticism after viralizing a video in which he appears dancing forró in Instagram.
In videos published on the stories of his open profile on the social network, in which he shares information about his work and has over 800,000 followers, Alencar explained that one of the followers of the other profile, private and with only 186 followers, leaked the recording.
“This video I posted on my personal Instagram, where only 186 people follow me. It’s an extremely private Instagram where I shared this video is about 15 days and, to my surprise, one of the followers recorded the screen and passed the shoot for all the sites and thus the video took this repercussion”He explained.
Alencar said he did not go up with the repercussion of the video, which generated disparate comments on social networks. While some netizens praised the mayor’s stance to present an approach behavior with the public and especially with women, others criticized “lack of postureOf the mayor. She decided to use the effects of the recording to “Combat machismo”.
“After I went viral, I said, ‘Now I will make lemon a lemonade.’ Yes, I will fight machismo, which is exacerbated in society. […] I will not stop being Patricia who is a mother, Patricia who is a friend, Patricia who is a person, because before being mayor I am Patricia and I will not stop being Patricia. […] This is all part of politics and we have to have a lot of discernment ”said the mayor.
Patrícia Alencar is in her 2nd term at the head of Marituba City Hall, a city in the metropolitan region of Belém. She was reelected in 2024 with 71.36% of the valid votes, equivalent to 52,006 voters.
