The network is asking the Supreme Court to recognize the lawsuit against Noblat and the cartoonist as unconstitutional.

247 - The Sustainability Network party filed a Claim of Non-Compliance with Fundamental Precept (ADPF) with the Supreme Federal Court (STF) against the federal government's request to investigate journalist Ricardo Noblat for publishing a cartoon by Renato Aroeira on a social network in which Jair Bolsonaro appears alongside a swastika, a symbol of Nazism. According to the ADPF, "there is no complete factual disconnect—to say the least—in the association made by the cartoonist and reproduced by the journalist." 

"No citizen is responsible for the immorality and repugnance of the references made by the highest levels of government. Journalists and cartoonists cannot be persecuted by the state apparatus simply for carrying out their duties," says the ADPF (Arguição de Descumprimento de Preceito Fundamental - Claim of Non-Compliance with a Fundamental Precept).

The illustration also features a red cross, reminiscent of hospitals – the ends have been painted with black paint, forming a swastika. Bolsonaro appears next to the painting with a can of paint and a brush in his hand. The image includes the expressions "continued crime" and "let's invade another one?".

The Network criticized the government's initiative. "[Abuse of power] is precisely what is happening since the highest authority of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security virtually intends to threaten and silence the journalist, curtailing his freedom of expression and perhaps his physical freedom, instead of using the police force in a way that respects the public interest and fundamental rights," the lawsuit states.