Political Rights

To, over a delay of just a few days, suspend a social network and prevent a candidate from running for President of the Republic is an assault on democracy.

Look, he reacted in the natural way of someone being censored, of someone being struck a blow by a minister of the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal), by a minister of the TSE (Superior Electoral Court), who wants to silence the voice of a candidate.

So, then, Renan's reaction is one of outrage.

It's the reaction of someone who's having their political rights curtailed because they took a few days to set up their social media.

It's not just our right as a party, as a candidacy, that's being curtailed.

Tirar o direito político de prefeito.

It is a true witch hunt without any disguise because they can't stand

Yes, they want to have my mandate revoked. Let's not mince words. I could lose my office and my political rights for eight years. All of it based on a lie that has already been defeated in court and characterized as political persecution. This is what happens to those who take up the fight for workers, for women and for marginalized populations in Brazil. Even my modest assets have become a problem while right-wing politicians multiply their money with impunity through MASTER sponsorship. But I will not bow my head. They will have to accept our presence in the spaces of power. For I am only the first of many. And to the left-wing figures who joined this campaign of hatred and persecution, I imagine it must be awful not to be able to mobilize their bases and to feel like a minor actor within our political spectrum, but worse still is to be a minor actor in a movement led by the right.