Throughout the campaign, Brazil has recorded many episodes of political violence.
Le Monde with AFP
A former municipal councilor of the workers’ party (PT) was shot down on Friday October 28, in Jandira, a municipality in the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo, Brazil, for reasons which remain to be determined, announced members of the Party.
This murder occurs two days before the second round of the extremely polarized presidential election, who opposes the ex-president of the left Lula, favorite of the polls, to the current head of state of the far right, Jair Bolsonaro.
“I learn with great sadness and worry the news of the murder of comrade Zezinho”, wrote on Twitter Jilmar Tatto , elected deputy from PT to Sao Paulo, adding that the party, to which Lula belongs, will follow closely “this crime and its motivations”.
Zezinho, born Reginaldo Camilo Dos Santos, was a candidate for the post of federal deputy during the legislative elections held on October 2, in parallel with the first round of the presidential election, but he had not been elected, report the media local. 51 years old, he worked for the Fernando Haddad campaign, who will participate, Sunday, in the second round of the ballot for the post of governor of Sao Paulo.
possible political revenge
according to the information site G1, The” initial suspicion “of the police relates to a “Political revenge”, following allegations that Zezinho had raised on an alleged corruption system in the office of the mayor of Jandira. Jilmar Tatto a declared to the newspaper o Globo that” everything indicates that it is the action of a pro-bolsonaro in the Climate of intolerance that reigns in the country “.
The Secretariat for Security of Sao Paulo confirmed to the France-Presse agency that “a man was shot on Friday afternoon”, and that agents investigate the facts, without giving more details .
Brazil recorded nearly two episodes of political violence per day during the two months preceding the first round, according to a report by the NGOs Justiça Global and Terra de Dériitos. Between the 1 er and October 2, one hundred and twenty -one case were recorded in total, including murders, attacks, threats or physical or verbal attacks.