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TSE Decides that Globo Will Not Be Able to Display Empty Chair in Debate

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Minister Estela Aranha, of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), decided this Thursday (1st) that TV Globo will not be able to show the empty podium of the candidate for re-election Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) during the debate of the candidates for the Presidency of the Republic that will be held tonight. The decision was motivated by a request from Lula's coalition to suspend a clause in the debate contract that provided for the display of th…

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Following a request from Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's (PT) campaign, Minister Estela Aranha, of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), prohibited TV Globo on Thursday from prominently displaying the empty chair of the PT candidate during the presidential debate, as stipulated in the broadcaster's regulations for the event. The magistrate also prohibited the other candidates from asking questions directed at the PT candidate. The decision is prelimi…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Minister Estela Aranha, of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), decided this Thursday (1st) that TV Globo will not be able to show the empty podium of the candidate for re-election Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) during the debate of the candidates for the Presidency of the Republic that will be held tonight. The decision was motivated by a request from Lula's coalition to suspend a clause in the debate contract that provided for the display of th…

·Quadra, Brazil
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Minister Estela Aranha says that absence cannot result in coercive measures against a candidate who misses the event. Read more on Poder360.

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Minister Estela Aranha continues to bring joy to the PT campaign. Late Thursday afternoon (1st) she decreed serious interference in a private communications company, prohibiting TV Globo from keeping the empty podium reserved for Lula (PT) in the debate set tonight, who appointed her as a minister of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). It was immediate

Photo: Reproduction/Marcelo Camargo (Agência Brasil) Minister Estela Aranha's decision accepted the PT's request and saw a risk of 'an imbalance situation' between the candidates present The post TSE prohibits Globo from showing Lula's empty podium during debate this Thursday (1st) appeared first on Polêmica Paraíba.

The decision responds to a request from the Brazilian Coalition Ready for More and suspends item 7 of the program regulation

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Estadão broke the news in São Paulo, Brazil on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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