President Dilma Rousseff for Investment Program announcement ceremony in Electricity at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia (DF) - 08.11.2015 (Ueslei Marcelino / SEE)
Minister Gilmar Mendes, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), voted on Thursday by the imposition of a fine of 25,000 reais to President Dilma Rousseff on the grounds that the PT used a speech on radio and TV chain on the eve of Cup World 2014, for electoral purposes. The trial was interrupted by a request to have the president of the TSE, Dias Toffoli. According to Gilmar, the speech of the president won election contours after she called political opponents "pessimistic" for criticizing the risk of World Cup failure. "We can not accept that the nation's largest mandatory distinguishes between Brazilians, to treat in terms of 'we' those who support his government and 'them' pessimists, those who do not support it. It uses the pretext of World Cup to make purely electoral speech, "said the minister. The rapporteur of the case, Tarcisio Vieira, got no irregularities in the statement and denied the request of the PSB to punish the president. No date for the resumption of the trial on the TSE. (Laryssa Borges GMT)
