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published on 12/17/2020 8:57 PM / Updated on 12/17/2020 8:58 PM
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A camera of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo captured the moment when the state deputy Fernando Cury (Citizenship) rubbed the breasts of the state deputy Isa Penna (PSol), this Wednesday night (12/16), during an extraordinary session . whose subject was the vote on the state budget. The parliamentarian registered a police complaint against the deputy for sexual harassment, in addition to denouncing him for harassment on social networks and lack of decorum to the Ethics Council.
On video (look down) it is possible to see Cury speaking with another representative, Congressman Rodrigo Moraes (Demoratas). Then, he makes a move towards Isa, who is supported by the Casa’s board of directors, and goes back to Mores, who tries to stop him with his hand. Ignoring the gesture, Cury walks to the table and stands behind the deputy, while feeling the breasts of the parliamentarian.
The deputy on Instagram also revealed that, in addition to her, colleagues Erica Malunguinho (PSol) and Monica Seixas (PSol) were victims of harassment on previous occasions. “Unfortunately, the political gender violence that I suffered publicly in ALESP is not an exceptional case,” says Isa Penna.
“The case in which we live is not isolated. We see political and institutional violence against women all the time. What gives someone the right to touch an intimate part of my body. My chest is intimate. It is my body. I am here asking for the right to stand and speak with the President of the Assembly without being harassed, ”said Isa Penna during a plenary speech this Thursday (12/17).
What Fernando Cury says
Also in plenary session, Congressman Fernando Cury apologized for what he called “hugging” his colleague. The parliamentarian denies that there has been sexual harassment or harassment.
“I have never done this in my whole life. And I want to say vehemently, especially to fellow MEPs here, I never did that. But if Mrs Isa Penna was offended by the hug I gave her, I apologize at first Sorry for that. Sorry if I embarrassed you. Sorry if I tried, as I do with several colleagues here, to hug and be close. If with this gesture I embarrassed her and she was offended, I apologize. “
Cury also justified that his chief of staff is a woman and that he is used to hugging and kissing his co-workers.
“I wanted to tell you that I did not do anything wrong. My behavior with Congresswoman Isa Penna is the behavior I have with each of the deputies here. With fellow deputies, fellow deputies, with advisers and advisers, with the military police here. Say hello, hug, kiss, be together. My chief of staff is a woman. I have advisers here in the Botucatu office. I would never do that in front of 100 deputies. How many cameras do you have here in the Legislative Assembly? He was in front of the president. For the love of God. I didn’t do any of that. I did not do anything wrong. What I did was a hug. You watched the video. “
sexual harassment
Article 215-A of the Penal Code establishes as sexual harassment “practicing against someone and without their consent, a libidinous act to satisfy one’s own or another’s lust.” And it provides for a prison sentence of 1 to 5 years, in case of conviction. Due to this maximum penalty stipulated by law, the accused of this crime can, in theory, be arrested on the spot.
However, unlike sexual harassment, the crime of harassment, to be framed, requires that the agent, that is, the accused, prevails “from his position of superior hierarchy or ancestry inherent to the exercise of a job, position or function” . By law, a crime that, in theory, would not fit into a situation of sexual abuse would be one that occurs between peers, such as a deputy against a deputy.
Complain
For the Assembly Ethics Council, Isa sees a breakdown in parliamentary decorum, defending that the deputy’s conduct threatens the dignity not only of the parliamentarian, but of the entire state population represented by Alesp, and calls for the termination of the mandate of Cury.
“In this way, the violation of decorum is not only evident, but the only way to interpret the act committed, and therefore should lead to the penalties provided for in the Code of Ethics and Parliamentary Decorum of this Chamber”, it appears in the complaint.
Finally, it is important to note that the state deputy used violence against sexual integrity to engage in politics, the criminal conduct of sexual harassment, in an attempt to remove the deputy from his political positions. it belongs to gender violence and by means of sexual harassment, the Parliamentarian tried to inhibit and constrain the full parliamentary exercise to which she is entitled and the Deputy was elected ”, complete.
Alesp positioning and citizenship
Also by note, the Legislative Assembly considered that the House Ethics Council will evaluate the case.
Regarding the legend of the alleged stalker, Deputy Fernando Cury, Cidadania said that it does not tolerate any type of harassment and that the images will be analyzed so that the necessary measures are taken.
“Regarding the episode that involves the state deputy Fernando Cury, Citizens analyzing the images, demands the explanations of the parliamentarian and refers the case to our Ethics Council, so that after listening to the person represented, the appropriate and effective measures are taken. tolerates any form of harassment and will act decisively for final action. We have a history of fighting in defense of women’s rights that no one can contaminate, “the statement said.
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