The Regional Electoral Court of Rio de Janeiro (TRE-RJ) decided, this Tuesday (8), to annul the votes of candidate Professor Joziel (DC), fifth placed in the dispute for the City Hall of São João de Meriti, in the metropolitan region from Rio de Janeiro. The measure was published in an extra edition of the TRE-RJ Justice Gazette. With the decision, first place, Léo Vieira (Republicans) surpassed 50% of the valid votes in the first round.
The decision was taken in response to the action filed by Léo Vieira’s coalition. Previously with 49.82% of the votes (122,399), Vieira would compete in the second round against Valdecy da Saúde (PL), who obtained 33.01% of the votes (81,102). However, with the annulment of the 2,624 votes received by the Christian Democracy (DC) candidate, Vieira began to lead with 50.91% of the valid votes, being declared the new mayor of the municipality.
The decision that suspended the second round in São João de Meriti was signed by judge Renata Travassos Medina de Macedo, from the 88th Electoral Zone. According to the TRE-RJ publication, Professor Joziel had his candidacy annulled for not meeting the legal deadline for changing the candidate for vice mayor, Felipe Juventude (DC), by September 17th.
Felipe Castro da Silva, known as Felipe Juventude, had his registration rejected with the sentence becoming final and unappealable on September 11.
*Intern under the supervision of Vinícius Lisboa
