Fortaleza Cites Deputy André Fernandes After Trash Dumping Protest at City Hall

Overview

• Fernandes posted video Friday showing himself unloading bags of grass clippings outside the Paço Municipal and said he did it to draw attention to late collection.
• City officials said they issued a notice and will cite him for depositing waste and soiling a protected historic site at the City Hall building.
• The municipality said cleanup required a special crew, cost about R$1,400, and it plans to cite the PL councilors and an influencer who joined the action.
• The city attorney’s office is preparing a civil suit to seek repair costs and collective moral damages, and it may ask state prosecutors to pursue environmental and heritage offenses.
• PT leaders condemned the act as inappropriate political theater, while the city points to a recent operation that it says cut illegal dumping points by up to 63% and reduced daily collected waste from about 40 to 14 tons in March.