Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) has once again ordered Bolsonaro's campaign to remove videos related to September 7th and is considering imposing a fine.
Many videos of Bolsonaro at events in Brasília and Rio had not been removed, even after an initial order to take down this content last week.
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Inspector General of Electoral Justice, Minister Benedito Gonçalves, determined this Wednesday that President Jair Bolsonaro's (PL) campaign must remove from social networks and websites all electoral propaganda videos that contain images of the candidate for re-election at official events commemorating September 7th, and will assess whether to fine the presidential ticket.
According to the minister of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), many videos of Bolsonaro at events in Brasília and Rio de Janeiro had not been removed. even after an initial order to take this content down given last week by the magistrate in response to a request submitted by the campaign of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT).
Gonçalves gave the companies 24 hours to remove the content and decided to summon Bolsonaro and his running mate, Walter Braga Netto, to comment on the case.
"Regarding the application of the fine for non-compliance with the decision, I reserve the right to analyze the request after the defendant candidates have responded," added the TSE minister.
In the decision, Gonçalves stated that Bolsonaro's own campaign, after the initial decision to remove the videos, had, as a precaution, withdrawn them as well.
"However, what is evident from the evidence presented is that the campaign continued to make blatant use of material whose exploitation for electoral purposes was expressly prohibited," he said, following a new challenge from the Workers' Party ticket.
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