MPF asks Fla director for compensation for speech against northeasterners

The Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF), in Rio de Janeiro, informed this Wednesday (17) that it has filed a public civil action so that Ângela Machado, director of Social Responsibility at Flamengo, pays compensation of R$ 100,000 for damages collective morals. According to the organ, the leader of Rubro-Negro, wife of the president of the club, Rodolfo Landim, made a publication with xenophobic content against northeasterns on Instagram, one day after the second round of last year’s presidential elections, with the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. According to the action signed on Tuesday (16) by the regional attorneys for Citizens’ Rights Jaime Mitropoulos, Julio José Araújo Júnior and Aline Caixeta, the publication of Ângela on October 31 of last year would have been motivated by the “massive vote that the winning candidate of the presidential election obtained in the Northeast region”. In the second round, Lula won 69.34% of votes in the Northeast, against 30.66% for former President Jair Bolsonaro. “We win where it is produced, we lose where you spend vacations, let’s go [sic] work, because [sic] if the cattle die, the tick goes hungry”, wrote Angela, on the occasion. On November 3, the leader made a publication confirming the sharing of the message and apologizing. According to the MPF, Angela stated, through her lawyers, that ” did not intend to offend, who is a native of the state of Sergipe and who has lived for almost 30 years in the Northeast”. dignity and honor, insofar as it sought to dehumanize and demean people from the Northeast”. “On this aspect, it must be recognized that, after the discriminatory speech has been triggered and produced its effects, it is not enough to apologize, as reparation must be complete and integral. Beforehand, it is necessary to immediately emphasize that the judicial process must be an instrument for the effective protection of fundamental rights and not a stage for naturalization – absence of criticism and questioning – about racist or discriminatory attitudes”, reported the prosecutors, according to a note from the MPF. according to the MPF, in addition to the civil inquiry that resulted in the public civil action, the Federal Police was called in to investigate “a possible crime provided for in Law No. 7,716/89”, which deals with crimes resulting from discrimination or prejudice. sought, but informed that it does not take a position on the case.

Agência Brasil