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Of total prohibition of activities on the street to caravans with scheduled times, state governments, mayors and the Electoral Justice have taken measures due to the increase in cases of coronavirus during the municipal electoral campaign. The first round will be on November 15.
At least 36 cities in 11 states have imposed some form of restriction on campaign activities., the majority on the initiative of Justice. See the list:
- State (1): Maceio
- Amapá (1): Macapa
- Amazon (2): São Paulo de Olivença and Parintins
- Bay (1): Ilheus
- Ceara (6): Meruoca, Barro, Baixio, Aurora, Ipaumirim and Caririaçu
- State of Minas Gerais (1): Poços de Caldas
- State of Paraiba (1): João Pessoa
- Piauí (12): Bonfim do Piauí, Coronel José Dias, Cristino Castro, Dirceu Arcoverde, Dom Inocêncio, Abundance of Piauí, Picos, Santo Antônio de Lisboa, São Braz do Piauí, São Lourenço do Piauí, São Raimundo Nonato and Várzea Branca
- Rio Grande do Norte (2): Caicó and Florânia
- Sergipe (5): Maruim, Rosário do Catete, Divina Pastora, General Maynard and Carmópolis
- Tocantins (4): Pedro Afonso, Bom Jesus do Tocantins, Rio Sono and Tupirama
In Santa Catarina, measures were imposed throughout the state. Demonstrations may be restricted to the public, depending on the stage of the pandemic in certain regions, or even prohibited if the risk of contamination is classified as very serious; however, no city is in this situation.
Brazil has 158,480 deaths and 5,469,755 cases of Covid-19, according to a survey conducted by the media consortium on Wednesday night (28). Three states have high cases: Santa Catarina, Amazonas and Amapá.
A recent case is that of Macapa. This Wednesday (28) came into force a decree of the mayor’s office that provides for the total suspension for seven days of all activities that may generate agglomerations, including electoral campaign actions. This applies to open spaces (squares) or closed spaces (bars, discos), whether public or private.
In other parts of the country, specific restrictions were established for the electoral period. They joined those already in place to control Covid-19.
In SergipeFor example, the Electoral Tribunal banned electoral events, such as marches, caravans and rallies, with more than 30 people. The decision applies to the cities of Maruim, Rosário do Catete, Divina Pastora, General Maynard and Carmópolis.
I’m already on it Poços de Caldas (MG), the new regulation applies only to caravans, which must be communicated to the local transit agency 72 hours in advance, also informing the route and time of the event.
In addition to the warning, it is forbidden for people to stay out of their cars. And even inside vehicles, everyone must wear masks.
Not Rio Grande do Norte, the city of Caicó prevented the holding of rallies and concentrations. The determination includes “any other event that promotes the gathering of people” and is valid until November 15, failure to comply can generate a fine of R $ 10,000. In Florânia, which had also banned caravans and rallies, the decree fell on October 19.
Not AmazonIn-person meetings were also suspended in two cities (São Paulo de Olivença and Parintins) and in the indigenous villages of Vale do Javari.
Not Piauí, an agreement between parties and coalitions in nine southern cities suspended the campaign. In Picos (PI), the city government suspended meetings, rallies, walks, caravans and other campaign events with crowds. Candidates and parties who disobey are subject to fines of R $ 10,000 and R $ 50,000 and can be held criminally liable.
Not Ceara, the Electoral Justice determined that six cities (Meruoca, Barro, Baixio, Aurora, Ipaumirim and Caririaçu) do not promote events and campaign events. In addition, more than 80 cities in the state have prosecutorial actions against candidates that have caused agglomerations.
In some places, the restrictions were reversed, as in João Pessoa. In the capital of Paraíba, the caravans, marches and walks were prohibited by the Electoral Court, but released by a court order on Wednesday (28).
In Natal, the city government itself determined that caravans, marches and rallies could not be held to avoid contamination by Covid-19. However, four days later, the Electoral Tribunal lifted the bans.
