The Federal Ministry of State in Rio de Janeiro denounced on Monday 20 the former coordinator of the technical analysis of cultural projects of the National Program for the Support of Culture (Pronac) Ronaldo Daniel Gomes, the author of the opinion that blocked the fundraising for the Rouen Law from the Capão Jazz Festival after the organizers the event was published on a social network that it was “anti-fascist and for democracy.”

The prosecutor’s office accuses the former civil servant of a crime stipulated in the Rouen Law itself, with a sentence of two to six months’ imprisonment and a fine of twenty percent of the project cost because of “any discrimination of a political nature that may occur.” … encroachment on freedom of expression, intellectual and artistic activity, conscience or belief in the course of the implementation of projects specified in this Law. “

“The accused, acting as coordinator of technical analysis of cultural projects in Funarte, deliberately and deliberately discriminated for political reasons the implementation of the project“ Festival de Jazz do Capão ”(PRONAC 204126)”, – said in a statement. Advocate.

The Federal Prosecutor’s Office reported that since Gomes has no criminal record, a proposal was submitted with the complaint for a criminal operation with the alleged provision of 200 hours of services to the population.

MPF indicates that throughout the entire criminal process It was discovered that before Gomes declined a fundraising request made by the organizers of the Capão Jazz Festival, accredited referee Daniela Correa Braga had given a positive opinion on the event., how state…

Gomes, the author of the final opinion against the event, even told the Federal Attorney that the previous documents were “drafts” made by an accredited judge. On the other hand, Daniela, who was also heard by prosecutors, indicated that Ronaldo’s assessment was “completely” different from the standard of opinion in this area, noting that accredited reviewers do not make aesthetic, personal or political judgments about the projects reviewed.

The document, signed not only by Gomes, but also by Marcelo Neri Costa, Executive Director of Funarte, quotes God in several passages and draws attention to “object rejection, the risk of misuse of public resources, encouraged by the suggestion of misuse. of it ”due to the publication of the 2020 festival, in which the event was positioned as anti-fascist.

The notion that “the musical goal should be nothing more than the glory of God” was challenged in a court that ordered Funarte to reconsider the Capão Jazz Festival’s request to attract sponsors through tax relief laws. The decision instructed the agency to refrain from “making a subjective assessment of the artistic or cultural value of the project.”

The complaint filed by MPF against Gomes indicates that the discrimination attributed to the former Funarte server was deliberately excluding a positive technical opinion prepared by a designated professional and including their own opinion contrary to the draft, simply because the festival organizers stated on the social network that the event was “anti-fascist and for democracy” and that “we cannot accept fascism, racism and any form of oppression and prejudice.”

“By promoting the ideological and political control of the Festival de Jazz do Capão as a civil servant responsible for the technical analysis of projects submitted to PRONAC, Ronaldo Daniel Gomes obstructed and impeded the advancement of the Pronac 204126 project, undermining the intellectual and artistic freedom of expression of supporters and hence incurring art fines. 39 of the Federal Law 8,313 / 91 “, registered the prosecutor’s office in the certificate.

WITH THE WORD, RONALDO DANIEL GOMEZ

The article looks for a contact with the former server. The room is open for demonstrations.