***FILE*** SÃO PAULO, SP, BRAZIL 12/19/2019 Antônio Augusto Amaral de Carvalho Filho known as Tutinha (President of Jovem Pan Group)
SÃO APULO, SP (FOLHAPRESS) Asked about Jovem Pan Bolsonaristas’ replacements, departures and firings, Antônio Augusto Amaral de Carvalho Filho, Tutinha, owner of the group, said at internal meetings that “civil disobedience will not come out of my pocket” .
He was referring to penalties the group could face if the channel’s commentators opposed to Presidentelect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) disobey court decisions and continue to level allegations against the PT.
The Superior Electoral Court ruled that the company does not encourage insertions and manifestations that Lula is lying because he was acquitted by the judiciary, with a fixed fine of R$25,000 for each violation. In addition, it granted the PT three rights of reply.
In an editorial, Jovem Pan said it was censored.
Days later, journalist Augusto Nunes targeted Lula with insults related to the court decision, such as “thief,” “exconvict,” and “convicted,” which could mean harsher penalties for the company. He was then removed and fired by Young Pan.
Other allies of Bolsonarianism left the station in the days that followed, such as Guilherme Fiúza, Carla Cecato (who moderated Bolsonaro’s electoral programs) and Caio Coppola.
Ahead of the election results, Tutinha already told people close to her that the Bolsonaro eventual victory scenario would already be bad for Jovem Pan as the STF’s strictness towards the group could increase. In the event of Lula’s triumph, which has happened, the situation would be even worse.
The idea with the exchange, as Tutinha argued, is not to change the ideological orientation of the Bolsonarista group, but to name names that respect court decisions, thus avoiding fines and other penalties.
Filling Augusto Nunes’ place, for example, is a bet on Fernão Lara Mesquita, former director of the O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper. Instead of Carla Cecato, who was absent, Thiago Pavinatto will continue to direct the program Linha de Frente, website Notícias da TV reveals.