Marcelo fined for saying slush fund was a setup.
Candidate for governor Marcelo Miranda (PMDB), from the coalition "Experience Makes the Change," was fined R$ 10 by Judge Ronaldo Eurípedes for disobeying a court order prohibiting him from stating that the arrest of his campaign collaborators in Goiás, carrying more than R$ 500 in cash, was a setup; the magistrate sent a copy of the case to the Electoral Public Prosecutor's Office so that the possibility of filing a new lawsuit against Marcelo for disobeying a court order, a crime foreseen in the Brazilian Penal Code, can be analyzed.
Tocantins 247 - Judge Ronaldo Eurípedes ordered a fine of R$ 10 to be imposed on gubernatorial candidate Marcelo Miranda, from the coalition "Experience Makes the Change," for failing to comply with a court order regarding the removal of campaign material in which Marcelo attempts to mislead voters into believing that the arrest of his campaign collaborators in Goiás, carrying more than R$ 500 in cash, was a setup. The detainees themselves declared to Goiás police that the funds were intended for Miranda's campaign.
The same Magistrate had already ordered the immediate suspension of the broadcast of advertisements with this content; however, Miranda insists on disobeying the court order and kept the material on air both on Sunday, the 21st, and on Monday, the 22nd. Due to this non-compliance, the Magistrate imposed a fine of R$ 10 (R$ 5 per day) and doubled the daily fine in case of further non-compliance.
The judge also forwarded a copy of the case file to the Electoral Public Prosecutor's Office so that it could analyze the possibility of filing a new lawsuit against Marcelo for non-compliance with a court order, a crime stipulated in the Brazilian Penal Code.
Ronaldo Eurípedes also informed that the request for loss of airtime related to this broadcast is still under analysis by the Electoral Court, as is the request for the right of reply.