Governor of RJ leaves office one day before the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) session that could make him ineligible for abuse of political and economic power
The former mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes (PSD), used social media to criticize governor Cláudio Castro (PL), who will leave office this Monday (23). According to Paes, Cláudio Castro is a “missing governor fleeing justice”. “No end of term! This is a silent governor running away from justice. Not running away! Worse! Disrespecting justice with the crimes he committed!”, fired Paes, in a post on social media. Afterwards, the former mayor wrote: “We can no longer allow this type of impunity to happen. He destroyed Rio de Janeiro with his group! He will not go unpunished!”
Castro’s resignation comes one day before the session of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) that could make him ineligible for abuse of political and economic power.
Eduardo Paes is a pre-candidate for the Rio government in the October election. He left the capital’s city hall last Friday (20). Already the The current governor of the state intends to run for a seat in the Federal Senate. To compete in the 2026 elections, pre-candidates must leave public office six months before the election.
Paes also stated that Castro wants to “make a successor to continue getting ready”. One of Cláudio Castro’s recently dismissed former secretaries is Douglas Ruas (PL) – the bet of senator and pre-candidate for President of the Republic Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) for the State government.
In the post made this Sunday (22), the Former mayor of Rio said he was certain that the TSE “will not admit this type of chicanery”. Finally, he gave the definition of the word chicanery by ChatGPT: “In legal circles, ‘performing chicanery’ means using formal artifices or excessive resources to delay a process, without necessarily contributing to the justice of the cause.”
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