The MPSC (Ministry of State of Santa Catarina) is once again investigating the swimming pool of a professor from Pomerode in Vale do Itaja and Vandersi Pugliesi, against which the Nazi swastika was depicted. Unanimous decision of the second Supervisory Commission of the Supreme Council. For them, the fact that the teacher mischaracterized the symbol does not mean that he should not be held responsible for the previous act.

The Pomerode teacher with the swastika at the bottom of the pool will again be investigated. – Photo: Reproduction/TV recording

The preparatory procedure, initiated by the Representation of the Israeli Confederation of Brazil, with the aim of investigating possible criminal practices of racism and civil wrongs, was initiated by the 2nd Public Prosecutor’s Office of Pomerode on the understanding that the issues in the discussion would be resolved after the investigated changed the symbol.

In his vote, Counselor Rapporteur Fabio de Sousa Trajano, Attorney General of Justice, stated that the consequences of an act damaging to human dignity could be ignored. “In this particular case, the unlawful consequences of the act cannot be ruled out, since the cult of such symbols infringes on the dignity of the human personality of a group of people, thus giving rise to the obligation to compensate for damage,” he stressed.

New controversy

Attention was also drawn to the symbol that was placed instead of the swastika. This is because, according to research, the number 88, a coded form because the letter H is the eighth in the alphabet, is used among neo-Nazi groups to represent HH, an abbreviation for the Nazi salute.” Heil Hitler.

“Thus, in this case, it is important to check whether the modification of the originally present symbol actually served the proposed purpose, and was not simply replaced with another symbol for the same purpose of cultivating and propagating Nazi ideals,” the prosecutor added. General. .

The Rapporteur’s vote was followed by other members of the Second Control Commission of the MPSC Supreme Council, prosecutors Gladys Afonso, who chaired the meeting, and Lenier Roslindo Piffer.

What is the Second Supervisory Board of the Supreme Council?

The Supreme Council of the MPSC, through its control groups, is an internal body of the Institution that reviews the procedures completed by the Attorneys of Justice. If he understands the approval, the procedure is submitted, otherwise another member of the public ministry is appointed to continue, as in this case.