Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) denies request to remove campaign ad that calls Bolsonaro a "tchutchuca" (a derogatory term implying sexual favoritism).
The minister points out that 'the text of the reproduced message is closer to the legitimate exercise of criticism, albeit harsh and severe'.
Capital Letter - The Minister of the Superior Electoral Court, Paulo Sanseverino, denied, this Wednesday the 28th, the request from President Jair Bolsonaro's (PL) campaign to suspend an electoral advertisement from the PT that calls the former captain a "tchutchuca" and a "bad soldier".
In the decision, published by the newspaper O Globo, the magistrate points out that "the text of the [PT's] message reproduced is closer to the legitimate exercise of criticism, even if harsh and severe." According to him, the piece did not exceed the rules of the Electoral Court.
Sanseverino also notes that the propaganda, "in terms of the TSE's jurisprudence, [is] protected by the exercise of freedom of expression."
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