Brother celebrates crowdfunding campaign: "Supreme Court went too far"
The brother of former PT president José Genoino, federal deputy José Guimarães, affirms that the fundraising done through a website to pay the R$ 667 fine to the court was "a very important gesture of solidarity"; "I've never seen anything like it," he emphasized; the online crowdfunding campaign raised approximately R$ 700 in less than 10 days; "Brazil is building certain values that will last a lifetime. There was a feeling that they went too far. The whole process went too far," stated the parliamentarian.
247 - Federal deputy José Guimarães, leader of the PT in the Chamber and brother of former deputy José Genoino, convicted in Criminal Action 470, said, this Monday (20), that the campaign promoted by his family to raise funds to pay off the fine imposed by the Justice of R$ 667 thousand “was a hit”, because “nobody accepts injustice”.
He also stated that this was "a very important gesture of solidarity with Genoino." "I've never seen anything like it," he emphasized.
"Brazil, Brazilian democracy, it builds certain values that last a lifetime. Nobody accepts injustice. There was a feeling that they went too far. The whole process went too far. Who imagined they would contribute? You in the press, in the Judiciary... It's not one or two people, it's not just parliamentarians, it's people from everywhere," he stated.
According to Genoino's defense, the online fundraising campaign raised over R$700. The money collected will be deposited into the National Penitentiary Fund.