Aparecida post dispute TV Brasil follows appeals

Date unknown

TV Brasil’s Bruna Sanielli follows Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign asking Fux to suspend Dino’s restoration of Antônio Tabet’s Aparecida post. It recalls Mendonça’s takedown order, Dino’s freedom-of-expression reasoning and referral to the Supreme Court plenary. The package airs the candidate’s denial and CNBB’s response, without announcing a final plenary judgment.

Acting through the electoral court, André Mendonça orders removal of Antônio Tabet's post and related posts associating Flávio Bolsonaro with an alleged change to Brazil's patron saint. The campaign says the post spread false information. TV Brasil reports Bolsonaro denying opposition to Nossa Senhora Aparecida as patron saint and accusing the CNBB of spreading rumours; the CNBB denies doing so. The takedown precedes Dino's reversal, and its precise date is not supplied. TV Brasil's September 29 account recalls the same Mendonça order while reporting that Fux suspended Dino's restoration on the night of September 28. Plenary review remains pending with no confirmed hearing date. The new account does not establish the underlying patron-saint allegation. TV Brasil's September 30 TSE review account says Mendonça maintained his order and denied restrictions on religious freedom or prior censorship. Three votes support the takedown at airtime. Cueva partially dissents, supporting removal of the described false claims but excluding Tabet's post because it did not name Flávio Bolsonaro. The virtual review is still in progress; this does not change the original order's unknown date.