Arthur do Val

Arthur Moledo do Val (born 21 August 1986 in São Paulo), also known by his pseudonym Mamãe Falei, is a Brazilian politician, activist member of Free Brazil Movement, YouTuber and entrepreneur.[1] In the 2018 Brazilian general election, he was elected State Deputy of São Paulo as member of Democrats (DEM), being the second most voted with 478,280 votes, after Janaína Paschoal.[2] Do Val ran for mayor of São Paulo in the 2020 election.

Arthur do Val
State Deputy of São Paulo
Assumed office
15 March 2019
Personal details
Born
Arthur Moledo do Val

(1986-08-21) 21 August 1986
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPATRI (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations		DEM (2018–2019)
Occupation
  • Cyberactivist
  • Entrepreneur
  • Politician
  • YouTuber
YouTube information
Also known asMamãefalei
Channel
Years active2015-present
GenreDocumentary
Political commentary
Subscribers2.69 million
(October 2020)
Total views399 million
(October 2020)

He is a defender of mostly liberal ideas and uses his channel on the internet to spread it among his followers, which are more than 2.5 million subscribers on YouTube.[3]

Biography

The activist says that his question regarding the Brazilian economy and politics began in his younger years, inspiring him to create the channel "Mamãefalei" in June 2015. In the same period, protests were supporting former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Chief of Staff of Brazil.[4] Arthur took the opportunity to expose one of the main points of his job in the following year, in 2016, which would include the criticism to the blind political militancy. The video was well-received by the public and had a start point for his career as an activist. The format of his videos which he went to political protests (mainly left-wing ones) and questioned protesters about their defended agenda, in an attempt to expose inconsistencies, brought growth to his channel. It began to be well noticed, associating itself to groups like Free Brazil Movement (MBL) and, along with the movement, received the Boletim da Liberdade Award, of the homonymous newspaper, in 2017; subscribers of the newspaper also voted for the winner's election.

Between June and July 2016, Arthur met the MBL coordinators, beginning to produce content and militate as a member.

On June 2018, Arthur went to the Chamber of Deputies, talking about fake news and MBL accusations, as well as the request of Supreme Court Justice Luiz Fux for an investigation about fake news. Fux has cited an USP study, citing the MBL as a fake news spreader. Arthur said that such a study didn't exist and asked for Fux's presence, saying that he would be involved with important questions such as the unconditional right given to the public service. Arthur concluded his speech with the following words:

What I propose here is that we should stop the demagogy, stop the authoritarian speech of the thought patrol! "We're gonna patrol WhatsApp; we're gonna regulate I don't know what..." I think there will be someone wanting to regulate the thinking or the bar talk with your friend. Just let people mature by themselves, as it always was in society, and we will naturally fight fake news. No one wants to share fake news. No one wants to be ashamed of spreading fake information. And that's what we need to trust more than in a bureaucrat with a pen.

On 23 August 2019, Arthur stated he would leave Democrats to run for Mayor of São Paulo in the 2020 election.[5]

On 19 November 2019, Arthur was expelled from Democrats.[6]

In February 2020, do Val, along with the elite of the Free Brazil Movement, joined the party Patriota (PATRI) and reaffirmed his intentions to run for Mayor of São Paulo.[7]

Controversies

Confrontation with Ciro Gomes

One June 2018, during the recording of one of his videos in Fórum da Liberdade, Arthur approached the then pre-candidate for President Ciro Gomes,[8][9] questioning him about a statement which the politician said he would "receive Moro's gang with bullets", a reference to the then-judge Sérgio Moro.[10] After that, he was hit in the head with a slap from Ciro. Arthur ironized the former Governor asking "Do you think I'm Patrícia Pillar so you can hit me?" Arthur persisted: "He's weak! Weak! See? Ciro Gomes hit me in the head. Do you think you're in Northeast, Ciro?"

The confrontation generated repercussion. Thais Bilenky, writing for Folha de S. Paulo, considered that, in the act, Ciro touched the activist's neck, alleging that it's not possible to measure the intensity of the supposed slap. Ciro commented the fact to Folha saying "Do you think if I had hit him, there wouldn't have a mark? As the way I am? I said 'don't be an asshole, man' and left".[11] Yet, the specialist in micro facial expressions and body language, Vitor Santos, certified by Paul Eckman Group,[12][13] evaluated the hypothesis of manipulation on the video of the struggle, analysing the footage of the fact and concluding that Arthur was really assaulted.

Political views

Arthur considers himself as liberal and, for some time, support abortion only in pregnancies when the woman is in risk or is a result of rape, cases in which the current of the Brazilian law allow women to interrupt the pregnancy. But later he assumed he had made a judgement and information mistakes, clarifying in a video and, since then, not returning to the position about the subject. Currently, his points of view had been criticized by the left-wing due to his positioning pro-capitalism. He is also a supporter of privatizations and criticized the racial quotas system, defending social quotas. In 2015, he openly assumed as a supported of the death penalty and the reduction of the age of criminal responsibility with some restrictions.

Arthur do Val political views
Y Disarmament Statute repeal Y Privatization Y Freedom of the press Y Military Strengthment N PEC 13/2012 N Free transportation
Y Nonpartisan School Y Tax Reform Y Repeal of useless laws Y Freedom of religion N Agrarian Reform N Occupation of public and private locations
Y Regulation of outsourcing Y Political Reform Y Democracy N Military intervention N Racial quotas N State regulation
Y Social quotas Y Legalization of marijuana Y PEC 241/2016 N CLT and FGTS N Salary increase for parliamentaries N Tributation

See also

References
  1. Belloni, Luiza (7 October 2018). "Arthur Mamãe Falei é eleito prefeito em São Paulo" (in Portuguese). HuffPost Brasil. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. Leite, Fabio (8 October 2018). "Bolsonaristas batem recorde de votação na Câmara e Assembleia em SP" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  3. "Mamaefalei". YouTube. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  4. Barros, Michelle (17 March 2016). "Nomeação de Lula como ministro da Casa Civil gera protestos pelo país" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  5. Rebello, Aiuri (23 August 2019). "Mamãe Falei diz que está de saída do DEM por candidatura à Prefeitura de SP" (in Portuguese). Uol. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  6. Borges, Beatriz (19 November 2019). "Deputado estadual Mamãe Falei é expulso do DEM" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  7. Venceslau, Pedro; Galhardo, Ricardo (5 February 2020). "Cúpula do MBL migra para Patriota e Arthur do Val vai disputar Prefeitura de São Paulo" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  8. Orrico, Alexandre (10 April 2018). "A briga entre Ciro Gomes e Arthur "Mamãe Falei" não tem lado certo" (in Portuguese). BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  9. "Vídeo mostra confusão envolvendo youtuber do MBL e Ciro Gomes" (in Portuguese). HuffPost Brasil. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  10. Fernandes, Leticia (26 March 2017). "Ciro Gomes diz que, se Moro tentar prendê-lo, receberá 'turma' do juiz 'na bala'" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  11. Bilenky, Thais (9 April 2018). "Ciro e blogueiro ligado ao MBL se desentendem em fórum" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  12. Vitor Santos (16 April 2018). "Ciro Gomes Pescotapa FAKE NEWS? (Análise de Linguagem Corporal - SCAN)" (in Portuguese). YouTube. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  13. "MasterClass - Linguagem Corporal da Mentira" (in Portuguese). Sympla. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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