Minister of the TSE (Supreme Electoral Court) Alexandre de Moraes ordered parliamentarians and websites to remove false content that links the name of former President Lula (PT) to the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital) criminal group and to the death of Celso Daniel. , former mayor of Santo André.

Minister Alexandre de Moraes asked parliamentarians and websites to remove the publications – Photo: Fabio Rodríguez Pozzebom/Agência Brasil/Disclosure/ND

Moraes listed the deputies who spread fake news. There are publications by parliamentarians associated with President Jair Bolsonaro such as Carla Zambelli (PL-SP), Flavio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) and Elio López (PL-RJ).

The decision was published this Sunday (17) after PT initiated the trial. Fines for non-compliance can reach 15,000 reais. Moraes also ordered the removal of content that links Lula’s toilet paper statement to an association between PT, fascism and Nazism. Information from the R7 portal, which until 16:30 could not contact the mentioned ones.

“The fraudulently spread lies are aimed at convincing voters to believe that one of the pre-candidates and his party, in addition to being involved in the death of former mayor Celso Daniel, are connected with organized crime, fascism and Nazism, even equating the most unfortunate population with toilet paper,” the decision reads.

According to the minister, the dissemination of false content of this magnitude could jeopardize the smoothness of the electoral process.

“The federal constitution does not allow, based on lies, crimes and ideas contrary to the constitutional order, democracy and the rule of law, preliminary candidates, candidates and their supporters to spread lies that violate the fairness, normality and legality of elections. “, Moraes added in the decision.