Commentator José Eduardo Cardozo and former federal deputy Alexis Fonteyne discussed, this Tuesday (10), in O Grande Debate (from Monday to Friday, at 11pm), whether the Acadêmicos de Niterói carnival parade is advance propaganda for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT).
This Tuesday (10), the (Superior Electoral Court) with a representation against Lula pointing out early electoral propaganda in the plot about the president of the Republic of the samba school.
In , it is normal for samba schools to pay homage to political personalities.
“It has been very common in samba school plots to talk about political characters, political situations, sometimes praising, sometimes criticizing”, he stated.
“Honoring people, that’s not a crime, you can’t just ask for votes. Now, if you eventually want to associate the tribute of a politician with votes, that’s another problem that is in the mind of the person who interprets”, he explained.
“You have to check whether it is illegal, if at some point votes are asked for, then it is illegal, then it cannot be done”, he concluded.
Alexis Fonteyne said that the school parade is a .
“There is no doubt that it is early electoral propaganda. Lula is a candidate. A tribute like this in an election year is true early propaganda”, he stated.
“It should have been banned from the beginning, because now, either this school simply won’t parade, because it won’t have time to put on another plot, other costumes and other floats, or Lula has to be declared ineligible”, he explained.
“If this parade actually takes place, Lula must be ineligible. Due to this attack on the imbalance of the electoral campaign”, he concluded.
