Letter condemns exposure of Fernando Henrique's intimacy
Over 400 people signed a condemnation note against the public exposure of former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso in his home. Influencer Wesley Oliveira and his husband were indicted for defamation and discrimination against an elderly person. The case is under police investigation.
More than 400 people have signed a note of repudiation of the former president’s public exhibition Fernando Henrique Cardoso (FHC) in his residence, at a time of fragility and vulnerability. The document, released on Wednesday, expresses solidarity with the children and grandchildren of the politician and criticizes the dissemination of images that, according to the signatories, disrespect their intimacy and dignity.
The images became a police case, after the Civil Police of São Paulo indicted Wesley Oliveira, who recorded and released a video of the former president’s apartment, and his husband, Lessandro Gonçalves, for defamation and discrimination of elderly person. According to the Secretariat of Public Security (SSP), search and seizure warrants were fulfilled in the residence of the two investigated, where two mobile phones were seized. "The investigation continues for the full clarification of the facts," the SSP said in a statement.
Meeting of former ministers and lawyers
Among the 405 signatories are names such as former FHC government ministers Pedro Malan, José Serra and Nelson Jobim, the former president of Banco Central Armínio Fraga, the former government minister Lula Simone Tebet and the jurists Miguel Reale Júnior and Celso Lafer. “Dignity, intimacy and the right to respect do not disappear with age or with the loss of the capacity to defend.” It also highlights the contribution of FHC to democracy, economic stability and the construction of Brazilian institutions.
“There are limits that no search for notoriety can overcome. Human dignity is one of them,” the document concludes before the signatures. “It is with indignation and deep revolt that we receive the news and images of the public exhibition of the former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso, in his own residence, at a time of extreme fragility and vulnerability.”
Video has gone viral on social media
The video, which went viral on social media, shows Wesley doing a kind of tour of FHC’s apartment. During the recordings, he goes through different rooms, displays furniture and works of art and even mentions the values of some pieces. In one of the excerpts, it also shows the former president’s bedroom, including his bed and that of the caregiver. The images also show FHC, 95 years old, in a vulnerable situation. The former president has advanced Alzheimer's.
On Tuesday, the children of Fernando Henrique Cardoso filed an injunction in the court of São Paulo to request the suspension of Wesley’s social media profiles and the search and seizure of his mobile phone. The case is handled in secrecy of justice.
The investigation began after the report
The case is investigated by the Civil Police after Patricia Kundrat Brazil, wife of the former president, registers a defamation case on October 23. She learned of the release of the images the day before. According to Patricia's report to the police, Wesley is a companion of a friend of FHC who used to frequent the apartment. He would have taken advantage of a visit to the property, in a moment of her distraction, to make the recordings.
The repudiation note points out that "it is difficult to find words to qualify such a lack of respect, sensitivity and decency. Transforming the intimacy of a defenseless person into an object of display on social networks exceeds all limits of what is acceptable. It is an affront to human dignity.” The signatories also recall that "Fernando Henrique Cardoso is one of the great protagonists of the contemporary history of Brazil. His contribution to democracy, economic stability and the construction of our institutions is an inseparable part of the history of the country.
It deserves the recognition and respect of all Brazilians, regardless of their political convictions.”
The text stresses that "it is not his condition as former president that makes the episode especially condemnable. It's his human condition. Dignity, intimacy and the right to respect do not disappear with age or with the loss of the ability to defend oneself. Instead, they become even more deserving of protection.” "We express our most vehement repudiation of this exhibition and our entire solidarity with the children and grandchildren of Fernando Henrique, whose pain and indignation we share."
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