President of Embratur is the author of the action that called for the revocation of the mandate of the governor of RJ for abuse of power in the 2022 election
The governor of Rio de Janeiro, Claudio Castro (PL), stated in his profile on X (ex-Twitter) this Thursday (May 23, 2024) that the decision of TRE-RJ (Regional Electoral Court of Rio de Janeiro) to maintain its mandate “respected the free and sovereign vote of more than 4.8 million voters”.
“Respect the results of the polls and the will of our people”I told Marcelo Freixoauthor of the action against him and his main opponent in the election. The 2nd place in the dispute for the state government is the current president of Embratur (Brazilian Agency for International Tourism Promotion).
“Democracy today is the great victor”added Castro.
TRE-RJ ABSOLVE CASTRO
The maintenance of Castro’s mandate by TRE-RJ was decided by 4 votes to 3.
The judges understood that there was no abuse of political-economic power and no irregularities in relation to the payrolls of Fundação Ceperj (State Center for Statistics, Research and Training of Public Servants of Rio de Janeiro) and Uerj (University of the State of Rio de Janeiro). January) in 2022 that sustain an electoral conviction.
The court also acquitted the deputy governor of the state, Thiago Pampolha (MDB), and the president of Alerj (Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro), state deputy Rodrigo Bacellar (PL).
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