Electoral court bans Léo Santana show with a R$100,000-an-hour fine, and Salvador's city hall goes ahead anyway
Two days before Brazil's election, Bahia's electoral court barred the singer from performing at the Novo Mané Dendê opening, but the city kept the event.
Foto: Reprodução/MetrópolesBahia's Regional Electoral Court (TRE-BA) ordered the suspension of Léo Santana's show scheduled for Friday (Oct. 2) at the opening of the Novo Mané Dendê Cultural Center, in Salvador's suburbs. The injunction, signed Thursday night by electoral judge Abelardo Paulo da Matta Neto, set a fine of R$100,000 per hour for Mayor Bruno Reis in case of non-compliance. The singer was allowed to attend, but not to perform.
The complaint came from the 'Mais Bahia, Mais Brasil' coalition, which backs Governor Jerônimo Rodrigues (PT) in his race against ACM Neto (União Brasil), the mayor's candidate. The argument is that electoral law bans publicly funded artistic performances at inaugurations in the three months before the vote, set for Sunday. According to Metrópoles, Santana had previously displayed ACM Neto campaign material at another event.
Even so, city hall decided to keep the show, part of a lineup of around 60 artists from the city's outskirts. According to BNews, the singer himself reportedly offered to pay the fine. The municipal government did not publicly explain why it went ahead.
