The Electoral Court of Minas Gerais received the complaint of the Electoral Public Prosecution Service (MPE-MG) against Deputy Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG) and two other parliamentarians. The decision on Friday (25) is part of the process that can result in the loss of mandates and ineligibility of those involved for up to eight years.
The deputy is accused of spreading false information during the municipal election of Belo Horizonte in 2024. According to the MPE complaint, allegedly Nikolas Ferreira would have used the social networks and accused of then candidate Fuad Jorge Noman Filho (PSD-MG) of exposing children to improper content.
The goal would be to harm the image of the candidate for reelection and favor Bruno Engler, opponent in the second round. Noman won the elections, but died of cancer in March this year.
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Judge Marcos Antônio da Silva’s decision of the 29th Electoral Zone of Belo Horizonte gives 10 days for parliamentarians to present defense. If Nikolas Ferreira and the others involved are convicted, they must pay compensation and may have the mandates revoked and become ineligible for the next eight years.
Nikolas Ferreira made a post on social networks about the accusation of the complaint against him. : “They want to shut up millions … But we’re here and standing.”
What does the complaint say?
The MEP’s complaint states that those involved made posts on social networks, in which they used excerpts from the book “Coveça”, written by Noman, distorted: the group would have associated a fictional scene of sexual violence from the book to Noman’s management. The Public Prosecution Service understands that these published contents do not correspond to reality.
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In a statement, the agency states that Nikolas Ferreira acted “light and unfair” in relate the book to real events, stating that the book would be “pornographic” and that “the problem is when fiction becomes reality”. In addition, the MPE says the deputy would have failed a court order by not taking the videos from social networks – determined in October last year.
