Nunes and Boulos fight in court in the pre-election phase

Thirteen months before the inhabitants of São Paulo go to the polls, Mayor Ricardo Nunes (MDB) and federal deputy Guilherme Boulos (PSOL), the main pre-candidates for mayor of São Paulo, anticipate next year’s dispute with mutual criticism and clashes in the various cases of energy. The strategy of the candidates and their allies is similar and consists of representations against the opponent in the Public Prosecutor’s Office and actions in the Judiciary.

In this context, the most recent battlefront between Nunes and Boulos is a PSOL action questioning the municipal management costs of the Interlagos racecourse, in the south of the capital, which hosts The Town festival.

An example of the anticipation of the clash between Nunes and Boulos is the frequent criticisms they leveled at each other. In meetings with business owners, the mayor has already stated that he “never invaded anything that belonged to anyone”, alluding to Boulos’ role in the Homeless Workers’ Movement (MTST).

“I have never invaded anything from anyone and I have never stolen anything from anyone,” Nunes said, later receiving applause. “Our administration respects the laws. We have managed to create an environment of legal security. People know that they can invest here and that there will be no surprises,” Nunes said.

The PSOL pre-candidate, in turn, has already defined the Emedebist as a “thief of public school lunch money” in posts on Instagram and Facebook. The mayor requested compensation for moral damages from the Court of Justice of São Paulo (TJSP). According to Ricardo Nunes, Boulos included in the images “false information that Nunes was under investigation by the Public Prosecutor.” The TJ, however, twice rejected the mayor’s action.

In the decision, judge José Aparício Coelho Prado Neto states that, despite the “bad taste of Boulos’ editing”, which he defined as “crude”, “no crime against the author is detected, but rather a criticism of his behavior as mayor of the municipality”. with regards to the execution of municipal school feeding services, within its competence”.

Allies

The confrontation between the two pre-candidates, in some cases, does not take place directly, but rather through allies. Recently, councilor Rubinho Nunes (União Brasil), who forms the mayor’s base in the Chamber, filed a complaint with the São Paulo Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP-SP) against Boulos for the early election campaign. The document mentions an event in which the PSOL pre-candidate participated in a municipal school in Peru, north of the capital, on the 19th.

According to Jairo Pimentel, doctor of political science at USP and researcher at Cepesp-FGV, the strategy of interrupting the opponent’s campaign with legal proceedings does not usually give more votes to those who propose the action, since such issues are anything but everyday . life.voter’s day. However, he believes that court challenges could create obstacles for the opposing candidate. “There is also the issue of retaliation,” says Pimentel, referring to the climate of polarization between Nunes and Boulos expected in next year’s elections.

Research

According to a Datafolha poll, released on the 31st, Boulos is leading the race for Palazzo Matarazzo, seat of Sao Paulo’s administration since 2004, with 32% of voting intentions. The MP has the support of the PT. But Nunes appears shortly after, with 24%. Also included in the poll are federal deputy Tábata Amaral (PSB) with 11% and federal deputy Kim Kataguiri (União Brasil) with 8%.

Pimentel says the judicialization strategy makes more sense for Boulos, given that PSOL is an opposition party to the municipal government and has fewer resources than Nunes’ coalition. “It is a way to combat the use of the public machine, with actions that aim to reduce the evaluation of the government. Or even reduce the impetus of the situation for the use of the public machine,” says the researcher.

The volume of PSOL actions against Nunes reinforces the researcher’s assessment. In recent months, Boulos and his allies have already presented seven complaints against the Ricardo Nunes administration in Parliament and in the courts.

The city

Earlier this week, councilor Toninho Vespoli (PSOL) lodged a complaint with the MP-SP requesting that the body investigate what he called “use of public resources to finance a private event”. In the document, the MP accuses the Nunes administration of having spent at least 73 million reais on works at the Interlagos racecourse with the specific aim of participating in The Town festival, which takes place there from the 2nd to the 10th of this month.

Among the improvements made to the runway, the text mentions earthworks, surface drainage and paving works. Furthermore, according to the declaration sent to the Public Prosecutor, the Municipality also paid for the lighting, assembly and dismantling of the festival stage. The text also claims that other similar events organized at the racetrack, such as Lollapalooza, have never received the same treatment from the municipal executive.

Judicialization hits festivals and allies target Interlagos works

Subject of questions from allies of federal deputy Guilherme Boulos (PSOL), pre-candidate mayor of São Paulo, the management of current mayor Ricardo Nunes (MDB) claims that work began at the Interlagos racecourse on the eve of the La city.

The councilor of Boulos’s own party, Toninho Vespoli (PSOL), asked the São Paulo MP to investigate the alleged use of public resources to finance a private event.

“It is essential to understand why the Municipality has invested millions in changes to the structure of the racecourse specifically for the festival. I agree that it is extremely important that the public administrator attracts resources to the Municipality, but this should never prevail over the individual on the collective,” he said.

Wanted by Estadao, The municipality of São Paulo reported that so far it has not been notified by the Public Prosecutor. Furthermore, he underlined that the improvements made to the racecourse’s infrastructure aim to strengthen the space’s vocation for hosting major international events. The municipal administration has already announced investments of R$190 million in the site. “The ongoing works on the circuit have improved the drainage of the site, improved the integration of spaces to facilitate the movement of the public and, with the new sewerage systems installed, it is no longer necessary to use chemical toilets during events,” he informed the Municipality in a note.

Nunes management also says it has signed a partnership agreement with Rock World, organizer of The Town festival, “establishing a co-realization between the parties in relation to the festival.”

“The partnership strengthens the Municipality’s work to further boost the city’s economy. The forecast is that, in the five days of the event, the city’s economy will generate R$ 1.7 billion,” he said.

The information is from the newspaper The State of S. Paolo.

Source: Terra

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