According to members of the TSE, Alexandre de Moraes' office already intended to dismiss the advisor after the elections, for reasons of performance in his duties and Machado's poor relationship with colleagues. Future exchanges of other servers were also in the TSE's plans, in this sense.
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Alexandre Gomes Machado would have hindered the TSE's work in relation to the action presented by Jair Bolsonaro's (PL) campaign about alleged radio boycott to the president's insertions. The former advisor worked in a sector related to the topic, and after his political activities were detected, he was dismissed.
Machado alleges oversight failures
Now, after his dismissal, Machado told the Federal Police that he believes he was fired because he informed the TSE “repeatedly” since 2018 that “there are oversight and monitoring failures in the dissemination of electoral propaganda inserts.”
Machado said he sought out the PF because he felt he was a victim of abuse of authority and feared retaliation after reporting “problems in inspection by the TSE”.
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According to the former employee, he worked in coordinating the “pool” of TSE broadcasters, a service that brings together means of distributing mandatory electoral advertisements.
TSE note
Regarding Machado's dismissal, the court released a brief note:
“Due to the election period, the TSE management has been making gradual changes to its team.”
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