Although the São Paulo Civil Police have not yet identified suspects or motives for the crime, it is not ruled out that it could be a political reprisal because “Zezinho del PT” had been denouncing different cases of corruption in Jandira, a municipality in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, the largest Brazilian city, reported the newspaper Pulso.
The 51-year-old PT leader was a councilor in the municipality of Jandira until 2020, when he was nominated for mayor of that city in that year’s elections, in which he came in third place, with 10% of the vote.
In this year’s elections he obtained 8,858 votes, which was not enough for him to access a federal deputy seat.
“He had made many complaints about corruption in Jandira and that is why we have already contacted the Civil Police to investigate the possible political motivations of the crime,” said the regional deputy. Emidio de Souzaone of the main leaders of the PT in the state of São Paulo.
The most violent campaign in the history of Brazil
Sunday’s presidential elections are the most polarized in recent decades in Brazil and generated radicalization in some sectors and even violent incidents.
With the murder of dos Santos, add up four supporters of the candidates (three of Lula da Silva and one of the president) who were killed in homicides solely as a result of their political sympathies between July and October, out of a total of more than 200 cases of political violence registered in the first half of the year, according to an NGO.
According to Observatory of Political and Electoral Violence of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, since Jair Bolsonaro took office in January 2019, cases of political violence increased 335% in Brazil, with a total of 1,209.
Source: Ambito
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