The captions from the Brazilian Federation of Hope allege ‘use of untrue and false content that frivolously attacks Lula’s image’
The Workers’ Party (PT) announced on Friday (20) that, together with the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) and the Green Party (PV), it filed with the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) actions against senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), the governor of Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema (Novo) and the Liberal Party (PL). The acronyms that form the Brazilian Federation of Hope allege an alleged practice of early electoral propaganda to the detriment of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT).
The party union stated that “untrue and false content was used that frivolously attacks the image” of Lula “to influence the opinion of voters”. One of the videos mentioned by the acronym was shared by Flávio on his social networks criticizing the PT government.
The publication made using artificial intelligence shows a samba school parade with images of the head of the Executive, the first lady, Rosângela Lula da Silva, Janja, former president Dilma Rousseff, former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and the minister of the Secretariat of Institutional Relations, Gleisi Hoffmann. There is also mention of the cases of Banco Master and undue discounts at the National Social Security Institute (INSS) and the crisis at Correios.
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“Flávio Bolsonaro, also as a pre-candidate for president, has exclusively electoral intentions when [difamar] the image of Lula and associating him, in an untrue and frivolous way, with financial scandals, such as the liquidation of Banco Master and undue discounts from the INSS”, argued the Federation.
In another process, the party group accused Flávio and former Tourism Minister Gilson Machado of carrying out early electoral propaganda by distributing stickers with the image of the senator and former president Jair Bolsonaro with the phrase: “Northeast is with Flávio Bolsonaro 2026”. On Tuesday (18), .
In another publication, also made on Friday, Gilson spoke about the action filed by the federal deputy. “Do you really think that I, who was Minister of Tourism, a true friend and loyalist of Bolsonaro, would do something to harm his son Flávio? (…) Everything I have done to date has been consulted with our electoral legal department, because we are persecuted, what is happening is a smoke screen”, he defended.
In other representations filed with the electoral court, the Federation asks for punishment of the PL and Zema and the “challenge” of the alleged electoral propaganda made through videos shared on social networks. THE Young Panthe governor of Minas Gerais said, through his advisor, that the objective of the publications was “to remember important passages in Lula’s career that were forgotten in the Sambadrome parade”.
“Lula thinks it’s normal for a samba school to use public money to campaign in his favor, but he gets nervous when someone remembers his true trajectory,” declared Zema.
A Young Pan He contacted Flávio Bolsonaro and the Liberal Party through their advisors. Until the closing of this report, there was no response. The space remains open.
Defense to PL representation
The PT also reported that it presented the defenses of the acronym and the head of the Executive to the actions filed by the . The party argued that the tribute “narrated the life story” of the president.
Lula’s party also stated that the Sambódromo Marquês de Sapucaí is a “democratic space, in which honoring personalities relevant to the history of Brazil and the world is commonplace and historically consecrated”. The PT denied that the party and the head of the Executive “influenced, coordinated or requested” the tribute. “Everything that was taken to the avenue was a direct initiative of Acadêmicos de Niterói, which exercised its legitimate right to freedom of artistic and political expression,” he said.
The PT also added that the lawyers for the party and Lula “listed a series of sambas-plots” that paid tribute to the PT member and others who criticized former presidents. there was satire on former Chief Executives Michel Temer and Jair Bolsonaro, as well as mention of Dilma Rousseff.
