Columnist who called for Lula's death requests police protection.
Journalist Mario Vitor Rodrigues, who published the article "Lula Must Die," went to the Copacabana police station this Sunday and requested police protection due to alleged assassination threats he received online; the Workers' Party (PT) decided to sue him for inciting violence, a crime stipulated in article 286 of the penal code; Rodrigues also closed his Facebook page, where he said that "fanatics" don't know how to interpret texts, after the repercussions of his column; the columnist also blocked his Twitter account.
247 - Journalist Mario Vitor Rodrigues, who published the article "Lula must die," went to the Copacabana police station this Sunday and requested police protection due to alleged assassination threats he reportedly received online.
The PT decided to sue Rodrigues "The title is typically an incitement to crime, as stipulated in article 286 of the Brazilian Penal Code," the party states in a note.
Rodrigues also closed his Facebook page, where he said that "fanatics" don't know how to interpret texts, after the repercussions of his column.
"This episode demonstrates the lengths to which sectors of the right wing and the elites are willing to go to prevent Lula's return to the presidency of the Republic through the vote of the Brazilian people," says the PT's statement.