Marcelo Freixo

Marcelo Ribeiro Freixo (Brazilian Portuguese: [maʁˈsɛlw ʁjˈbejɾw ˈfɾejʃw]) is a Brazilian leftist politician, broadcaster and professor. He is a state representative for the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL), and is chairman of the Defence of Human Rights and Citizenship Commission on the Rio de Janeiro Legislative Assembly.[1]

Marcelo Freixo
Freixo in 2017.
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Rio de Janeiro
Assumed office
1 February 2019
Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 January 2007 – 1 January 2019
Personal details
Born (1967-04-12) 12 April 1967
Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Political partyPSOL (Since 2005)
PT (1986–2005)
EducationFluminense Federal University
Profession

Freixo gained national attention when he presided over a parliamentary inquiry commission on police militias in Rio de Janeiro, having a character inspired on him in the Brazilian film Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, directed by José Padilha.[2][3]

He ran for mayor of Rio de Janeiro twice, in 2012 and 2016, having as vice-mayor candidate on the ticket in 2016 the lawyer and professor at UFRJ Luciana Boiteux. He ended in second in both the run-offs, losing the first to Eduardo Paes from PMDB, and the second to the PRB candidate Marcelo Crivella.[4][5]

Controversy

Freixo is seen by some to be a controversial figure with alleged links to several incidents. In 2014, Rede Bandeirantes' cameraman Santiago Ilídio Andrade died due to a rocket thrown at a PSOL protest in Rio de Janeiro. [6] Fábio Raposo, admitted to having passed the rocket to the man who later ignited it, whereupon it hit the cameraman. Raposo declared to the police that he had received calls from activist Elisa Quadros, known as Sininho, that linked the suspect who lit the rocket to State Deputy Marcelo Freixo (PSOL).[7] There are allegations that this deceleration is untrue.

Marcelo Freixo has been called a "defender of bandits" due to his style of thinking because he defends extrication and amnesty for bandits and his proposals to combat bandits and violence was to increase public lighting. [8][9] This solution is seen by some to be indirect and not sufficient. In 2011 Freixo explained his position, "The overwhelming majority of the drug lords and 'soldiers' who act in the favelas are young and getting even younger... This leads to the constant and easy substitution of such people."'[10]

References
  1. Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (2014). "Comissão de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos e Cidadania". Alerj. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  2. "Freixo o verdadeiro fraga | Superinteressante". Superinteressante. 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  3. Phillips, Dominic (2012-09-17). "How Elite Squad 2 Took Control of Rio Mayor's Race". Bloomberg View. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  4. "Paes é reeleito prefeito do Rio". Eleições 2012 no Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese). 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  5. "Resultado das Eleições 2016 - Prefeito - Rio de Janeiro-RJ | Gazeta do Povo". Gazeta do Povo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  6. Cinegrafista atingido por rojão em protesto no Rio tem morte cerebral
  7. Estagiário de advogado diz que ativista afirmou que homem que acendeu rojão era ligado ao deputado estadual Marcelo Freixo
  8. Sobre violência, iluminação de vias públicas
  9. Vídeo – O radical Freixo defende até anistia para bandido
  10. Phillips, Tom. "Rio drug gang exposed by grandmother's video". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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