Paraná Ethics Council Combines 8 Complaints Against Renato Freitas as Police Open Criminal Probe

Overview

• All eight decorum complaints over the Nov. 19 Curitiba street fight were consolidated into a single case by Alep’s Ethics and Decorum Council.
• The council plans to appoint a rapporteur today, after which Freitas will have 10 days to present his defense and the rapporteur will have three days to issue an initial opinion.
• The Polícia Civil do Paraná is investigating alleged threat, injúria and bodily injury, and both Freitas and the other man, identified as Wesley de Souza Silva, filed police reports.
• Freitas says he acted in self‑defense after racist and ideological insults, PT leaders issued public statements backing him, and opponents filed or announced cassation requests.
• Video of the altercation circulated widely online, intensifying political reactions as potential sanctions in the council range from reprimand to loss of mandate.