Erika Hilton: It should be recorded that this militia-affiliated Deputy, involved in the crime against the Councilwoman from the city of Rio de Janeiro, was not stripped of his mandate by the Chamber of Deputies for that reason, but for excessive absences.
Erika Hilton: This is a shame! Even more shameful, if that is possible in this case, is for us to know that the councilor of the Court of Accounts of the State of Rio de Janeiro continues, even while imprisoned, to receive a salary.
What is being stated is that the Brazilian people have been paying salaries to militiamen, to criminals who infiltrate Brazilian institutions to cover themselves, to protect themselves, to cover up their crimes.
Erika Hilton: There is an intrinsic, historical and structural relationship between politics, the police, militias, and organized crime in the State of Rio de Janeiro and throughout Brazil.
Erika Hilton: Today, we receive with joy the news about this sentence, and we hope it will serve as an example so that none of us has her life interrupted, has her rights denied.