Minister Flávio Dino, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), decided this Sunday (7) to partially maintain a decision by the Amazonas Electoral Court that suspended offensive posts by a Manaus councilor against a political opponent. The case reached the Supreme Court through an appeal filed by councilor Alexandre da Silva Salazar (PL), known as Sergeant Salazar, against the decision of the Regional Electoral Court (TRE). Related news: Fachin creates working group to review judges' appointments. Moraes validates agreement that suspends action against defendant deputy by 8/1. Moraes and Dino reject Roberto Jefferson's appeal against the fine. In April, the court ordered the removal of negative propaganda posts against pre-candidate for state government David Almeida (Avante) and the payment of a fine of R$200,000 in case of non-compliance. In one of the posts, the councilor said that Almeida “will never be governor”. In other videos, profanity was used. When analyzing the appeal, Dino partially maintained TRE-AM's decision that determined the removal of the profanity posts, but decided to maintain the use of the expression "never will be". For the minister, the ban on the use of the expression should be considered censorship. "Depending on the text and context, the catchphrase 'Never Will Be' can be used, as long as the legal and ethical rules that should govern political clashes are observed," he stated. Aggression in politics The minister said that the proliferation of insults and moral aggression on social media compromises the democratic regime. “The colonization of political discourse by bizarreness and rudeness is not just a matter of civic or family education, it is also an acute constitutional issue related to the conditions for the reasonable functioning of the democratic regime”, he assessed. Dino also highlighted that parliamentary action must be guided by decorum and the constitutional principle of morality. "I note that the complainant frequently uses insults, offensive words, moral aggressions, which are not covered by the mantle of free public debate. This allows criticism, disagreements, harsh confrontations, but without exceeding the boundaries demarcated by Criminal Law, the principle of morality and decorum in the exercise of parliamentary functions", added the minister.