Mendonça orders PT to remove ads and CUT to delete posts against Flávio
Decisions affect PT ads about the 6x1 scale and CUT publications associating Flávio with militias and loss of benefits.
TL;DR
- TSE Minister André Mendonça prohibited PT campaign ads accusing Flávio Bolsonaro of opposing the end of the 6x1 work scale.
- The minister ruled that the PT's boosted ads constituted negative electoral propaganda.
- Meta, Facebook's parent company, was ordered to deactivate the ads and provide details on payments made by the PT.
- Mendonça also ordered the CUT to remove five Instagram posts against Flávio within three hours, citing electoral law violations.
- The posts linked Flávio to 'Escritório do Crime,' militias, Marielle Franco's murder, and potential freezes on pensions and minimum wage increases.
- Other posts falsely claimed Flávio's government plan could lead to Brazilians losing the Pix system due to US pressure from Donald Trump.
- The CUT was also accused of associating Flávio with the loss of weekly days off and the end of the 6x1 scale.
- A daily fine of R$5,000 was set for non-compliance by the CUT.
- The minister denied a request to ban the CUT from future political-electoral statements.