The Public Prosecution Service of the State of Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ) filed a public civil action, with an injunction, against the municipality of Teresópolis, in the mountainous region of Rio, with the purpose of suspending the show of singer Leonardo, scheduled for the 21 of this month, at the cost of R $ 800 thousand to public coffers. 
In the action, the MP explains that the municipality of Teresópolis recently decreed a state of financial calamity, recognizing debts of approximately R $ 700 million, and there are delays in salaries, severance pay and transfers to hospitals agreed to SUS.
The document also points to the need to implement basic public policies of health and social assistance. In such cases, the prosecution points out, the lack of money was the reason presented to the Public Prosecution Service and the creditors to not comply with obligations and duties assumed.
“It is not about preventing cultural manifestations, but from curbing disproportionate spending while basic services remain unassisted,” said prosecutor Rafael Luiz Lemos de Sousa.
According to the prosecution, the event will imply other uninformed expenses, which generates doubts about proportionality and public interest in the allocation of resources.
In the petition, the MP also cite precedents in which shows were suspended by court order due to excessive amounts, such as Paranatinga (MT), where the hiring of the same singer was annulled and the talisman company convicted to return R $ 300 thousand to the public coffers, given proven overpricing.
Given the facts, the Public Prosecution Service calls for “the immediate suspension of the event or show already hired, as well as the ban on any payment with public resources for the party”. It also requires the subpoena of the municipality of Teresópolis to inform, within 24 hours, the other expenses to hold the event along with the technical and financial justification.
