Members of Parliament call for investigation into Nikolas Ferreira for campaign to dismiss critics of Kirk.
Members of the PSOL party have filed a complaint with the Labor Prosecutor's Office against the congressman, accused of persecuting workers.
247 - Nine PSOL deputies filed a complaint with the Labor Public Prosecutor's Office (MPT) on Tuesday (16) against federal deputy Nikolas Ferreira (PL). The information was originally published by Folha de S.Paulo and reported by the portal InfoMoneyAccording to lawmakers, Nikolas allegedly encouraged the dismissal of workers who criticized the death of American commentator Charlie Kirk, who was murdered on September 10 in the United States.
According to the complaint, the congressman has been using his social media to pressure companies and public bodies to dismiss employees who expressed negative opinions about Kirk. In some cases, the pressure resulted in dismissals. The complaint points out that such practice constitutes abuse of rights and workplace harassment based on political convictions, which violates guarantees provided for in Article 5 of the Constitution.
Cases of pressure and dismissals
Among the episodes cited by the deputies are the resignation of an employee of the Municipal Theater of São Paulo and the dismissal of stylist Zazá Pecego, from Vogue Brazil. The professional denied celebrating Kirk's death, but ended up being dismissed on Friday (12). Another case occurred in Recife, where Nikolas publicly celebrated the dismissal of a doctor.
In addition to the congressman, the complaint also requests an investigation into businessman Tallis Regence Coelho Gomes, who supported the campaign and spread the hashtag #FireExtremists.
Reactions and statements
The parliamentarians claim there is a coordinated strategy to intimidate workers for their political opinions. "This is a campaign, orchestrated by the far right, to persecute and intimidate workers because of their political opinions and convictions that do not align with the far right's agenda," they wrote.
In response, Nikolas told Folha that the only possible reaction is "to tell them to go find a plot of land to weed." Businessman Tallis, on the other hand, declared he felt "proud" to combat what he considers extremism and argued that "celebrating the death of people doesn't deserve a job."
Signatures and next steps
The document delivered to the Labor Prosecutor's Office is signed by Guilherme Boulos, Erika Hilton, Célia Xakriabá, Henrique Vieira, Ivan Valente, Luciene Cavalcante, Talíria Petrone, Tarcísio Motta, and Paulo Lemos. To date, the Labor Prosecutor's Office has not indicated what measures it will take after receiving the complaint.
