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Fernando Holiday

Fernando Silva Bispo, better known as Fernando Holiday (born 22 September 1996) is a Brazilian politician affiliated to the Liberal Party (PL) and councilor of the city of São Paulo.[1] He was elected with 48,055 votes in the 2016 elections,[2] and became the first openly gay councilor while, recently, becoming the first formerly gay councilor.[3]

Fernando Holiday
Member of the Municipal Chamber of São Paulo
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 2017
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
Born
Fernando Silva Bispo

(1996-09-22) 22 September 1996 (age 28)
São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyPL (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations

He was the national coordinator of the Free Brazil Movement (MBL) and a law student.[4][5] Holiday became known for convening protests against the Dilma Rousseff government.[6]

Political career

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At the age of 20, Holiday was elected the youngest councilor in the history of São Paulo, with 48,055 votes.[7]

When he ran for councilman, Holiday was supported by Senator Ronaldo Caiado (DEM-GO), noting that "Holiday has the capacity to represent Brazilians who hope to see renewed policy in it.[clarification needed] The real interest in seeing the diminution of the privileges that are granted to politicians, as for example the high salaries and heavy benefits sustained by the voters, will be diminished, as Holiday already promised.[8]

Political positions

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In his first term as councilman, he undertook to donate 20 percent of his salary.[9] Holiday also signed a term whereby he will agree to waive 50 percent of the current budget of the office, waive the use of the official car and driver and waive 50 percent of the money for operating expenses, going according to the popular demands of that austerity should be for everyone at a time of economic crisis.[10]0

Holiday is opposed to the withdrawal of rights of blacks and LGBTs: "They should not have less rights, but should not have more rights."[11] Holiday is against the policy of racial quotas in Brazil,[12] considering that they encourage racism. "One of my proposals, not the main one, but one that I intend to propose over the next year, is the repeal of racial quotas in municipal public tenders. encouraging racism ... I believe it is a measure harmful to the state of São Paulo and harmful, even for the blacks themselves" said Holiday.[13]

 
Holiday (sitting, left), Kim Kataguiri (sitting, on the phone) and Joice Hasselmann (right, in white) on 29 August 2016 in Federal Senate, following one of the votes of Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff.

In an interview with Brazil-Post, he said he was against invasions in schools.[clarification needed] "Studying is a guaranteed right and it is not half a dozen students who do not even know what they are protesting against." Regarding PEC 241, he is in favor of the proposal and also in favor of the measure and of the social security and labor reforms defended by President Michel Temer. In this same interview, Holiday said that he will combat the victimhood, and said to be in favor of the 10 Measures against corruption, a bill of authorship of the Federal Public Ministry.[13]

He has a liberal[14] political position, and that all should be equal before the law, as the Brazilian Constitution says[13] even if it admits to being a new figure of Brazilian Conservatism.[15]

In December 2016 his public position was opposed to the increase of the salaries of the councilors of São Paulo, approved on 20 December by the own ones, a readjustment of 26.3%, in the middle of financial crisis.[16] On 25 December, Judge Alberto Alonso Munoz through a preliminary injunction suspended the salary increase on the grounds that it violates the Fiscal Responsibility Law.[16] The preliminary injunction was a popular action.[17] In 2016, he gave an interview to the Brazil Parallel Congress, a group that in his documentaries, among others, explained Dilma Rousseff's impeachment.[18]

Controversies

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In 2018, politician Ciro Gomes called Fernando Holiday a "capitão do mato" (Bush captain, a Black hunter of runaway slaves; akin to Uncle Tom). In an interview with Rádio Jovem Pan, while presenting his political proposals, Ciro, without being asked about Fernando Holiday, said:

"You imagine that Fernando Holiday, how is it? ... it is the "capitão do mato", that the worst thing that has is the black that is used by the prejudice to stigmatize, that was the "capitão do mato" in the past.[19]

Holiday said on video that he wants to sue him.[20][21][22] On 12 July 2018, a police investigation was opened to investigate the nature of the allegations.[23] In 2019, Gomes was convicted and ordered to pay R$38,000 in moral damages.[24]

Personal life

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Holiday is a Roman Catholic[25] convert from Evangelical Protestantism and due to his religious faith he abstains himself from relationships. He is a gay man.[26][27] Holiday is against the practice of abortion and proposed a law to restrict it.[28]

Alleged murder attempt

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On 26 December 2018 there was a session in the City Hall of São Paulo in which Mr. Holiday voted for the approval of pension reform that negatively impacted tens of thousands of city workers. Holiday was the rapporteur of this project. The vote sparked protests. Moments after approval, Holiday alleged that he had suffered an attempted murder while in his office.[29] On this day Holiday posted a photo on his Twitter account which showed a hole supposedly caused by a gunshot.[30] The Civil Police investigated the case but found it inconclusive, due to lack of material evidence.[31]

References

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  1. ^ "Fernando Holiday". fernandoholiday. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Fernando Holiday". Eleições 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Jovem de 20 anos é o primeiro gay assumido da Câmara de São Paulo". Uol. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Holiday/história". Site pessoal. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Eleito mais jovem mora em 'cafofo' e se dividirá entre Câmara e faculdade – 04/10/2016 – Poder – Folha de S.Paulo". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Eleito mais jovem mora em 'cafofo' e se dividirá entre Câmara e faculdade". Folha de S.Paulo. Uol. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  8. ^ "CAIADO DECLARA APOIO A FERNANDO HOLIDAY E DIZ: "TENHO CERTEZA QUE ELE VAI ORGULHAR O SEU VOTO"". MBL. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  9. ^ "'Vou doar 20% do meu salário para instituições de caridade', afirma o vereador Fernando Holiday". Radio Globo. Globo.com. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Termo de Declaração Pública". Fernando Holiday. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Vereador eleito em São Paulo, Fernando Holiday, defende fim de secretarias para negros e LGBTs". Correio 24 horas. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Vereador negro quer acabar com cotas e feriado". Band.com.br.
  13. ^ a b c "Fernando Holiday: 'Cotas incentivam o racismo, são prejudiciais para o Estado e para os negros'". Brasilpost. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  14. ^ Reinaldo Azevedo. "Como é que um negro, pobre e gay decide ser liberal? Isso ofende os ricos de esquerda! Todo negro tem de ser vítima!". VEJA. Abril. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  15. ^ "FERNANDO HOLIDAY: Adeus, antiga juventude!". Folha de S.Paulo.
  16. ^ a b "Justiça suspende aumento de salário de vereadores de São Paulo". Uol. 25 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  17. ^ "Juiz do TJ-SP suspende aumento salarial dos vereadores de São Paulo". Ultimo Segundo. iG. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  18. ^ "Brasil Paralelo". Brasil Paralelo. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  19. ^ "Fernando Holiday é um capitãozinho do mato, diz Ciro Gomes". Jornal da Manhã. June 2018.
  20. ^ "Ciro chama Holiday de 'capitãozinho do Mato' e vereador o acusa de racismo". Folha de S.Paulo. 18 June 2018.
  21. ^ "Ciro Gomes chama Holiday de "capitãozinho do mato" e vereador promete processá-lo". Zero Hora. 18 June 2018.
  22. ^ "Fernando Holiday afirmou que vai processar pedetista por racismo". O Globo. 18 June 2018.
  23. ^ "Inquérito por injúria racial contra Ciro em SP". 16 July 2018.
  24. ^ "Mônica Bergamo: Ciro Gomes é condenado a indenizar Fernando Holiday por chamá-lo de 'capitãozinho do mato'". Folha de S.Paulo. 21 February 2019.
  25. ^ "huffpostbrasil.com". Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  26. ^ hornet.com
  27. ^ epocaglobo.com
  28. ^ boletimdaliberdade.com.br
  29. ^ "Bombas, fogo e lixo marcam aprovação da reforma da previdência em SP". noticias.uol.com.br. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  30. ^ Holiday, Fernando (26 December 2018). "Agora pouco estava na janela do 5º andar, onde fica meu gabinete, quando fui hostilizado por baderneiros e ouvimos um barulho alto de vidro estilhaçando. Eu e minha equipe vimos esse buraco e chamamos a segurança da CMSP, a PM fará a pericia para confirmar o projetil.pic.twitter.com/8P3nFVvEvW". @FernandoHoliday. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  31. ^ "Polícia vai investigar suposto tiro contra o vereador de São Paulo Fernando Holiday". O Globo. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
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