Cabo Daciolo

Benevenuto Daciolo Fonseca dos Santos (born 30 March 1976),[1] known as Cabo Daciolo (Corporal Daciolo in English), is a Brazilian military firefighter and politician affiliated to Podemos (PODE). In 2014, he was elected federal deputy. He was expelled from the Socialism and Liberty Party in 2015[2] and later affiliated himself to the Labour Party of Brazil (later AVANTE) and then to Patriota.

Cabo Daciolo
Federal Deputy from Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 February 2015 – 1 February 2019
Personal details
Born
Benevenuto Daciolo Fonseca dos Santos

(1976-03-30) 30 March 1976
Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Political partyPODE (2019–present)
Other political
affiliations
ProfessionMilitary firefighter
Military service
Allegiance Brazil
Branch/service Military Firefighters Corps
Rank Corporal

Daciolo gained notoriety in 2011, when he was one of the leaders of the firefighters' strike in Rio de Janeiro. The strikes occupied the headquarters of the corporation and camped in the staircases of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (ALERJ). Daciolo was arrested and detained for nine days in the Gericinó Penitentiary Complex.[3]

He ran for President of Brazil in the 2018 elections, gaining 1.3% of the popular vote and coming in 6th place.[4]

Personal life

He is married to Cristiane Daciolo and is a father to three children.[5]

Political career

He was elected federal deputy for Rio de Janeiro in the state election of 2014 as a member of the Socialism and Liberty Party.[6]

In May 2015, PSOL National Directory voted, 53 to 1, to expel Daciolo from the party after he proposed a constitutional amendment to alter the first paragraph of the Brazilian Constitution from "all power comes from the people" to "all power comes from God", which, according to the party, harms the secular State. In addition, in March 2015, Daciolo angered PSOL after he defended the release of the 12 cops accused of participating of the torture and death of the bricklayer Amarildo Dias de Souza in 2013.[2] In the same meeting, PSOL also voted, 31 to 24, to not claim Daciolo's term to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).[2] In 2016 he affiliated himself to the Labour Party of Brazil (later AVANTE).

In December 2017, it was reported the acquisition of Daciolo by the Supreme Federal Court based in a law proposed by him when he was subject of a lawsuit. Daciolo was a defendant in a criminal lawsuit for criminal association (Article 288, single paragraph, Penal Code) and for many other devices of the National Security Law, but benefited from his own law, which pardoned firefighters and military police officers from many states that had participation in strikes between 2011 and 2015.[7]

In 2018 he left AVANTE and joined Patriota, which on 28 March 2018, selected him as pre-candidate for President of Brazil in the 2018 general election.[4]

Daciolo obtained 1,343,944 votes (1,3%), arriving 6th and did not endorse any candidate in the second turn.[8]

Electoral results

Presidential elections
Election year Candidate
No. of overall votes % of overall vote
2018 Cabo Daciolo 1,343,944 1.3 #6

See also

References
  1. "Cabo Daciolo 5020" (in Portuguese). Eleições 2014. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. Mello Franco, Bernardo (16 May 2015). "PSOL expulsa deputado que tenta trocar o povo por Deus na Constituição" [PSOL expels deputy who tries to change 'the people' for 'God' in the Constitution] (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. "Líder da greve dos bombeiros é expulso com mais 12" [Firefighters' strike leader is expelled along with other 12] (in Portuguese). Veja. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. Rezende, Constança. "De 'fruto de um Deus vivo' a líder de greve: quem é Cabo Daciolo - Notícias - UOL Eleições 2018" [From 'Live God's fruit' to strike leader: who is Cabo Daciolo]. UOL Eleições 2018 (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-08-11. Defensor de militares e evangélicos, esse catarinense de Florianópolis, de 42 anos, sempre faz pronunciamentos marcados por citações religiosas e em tom que mistura messianismo e teorias conspiratórias.
  5. Eduardo Alves, Francisco (9 October 2014). "Cabo Daciolo, o 'PSOL de Cristo', quer ser governador do Rio" [Cabo Daciolo, the 'PSOL of Christ', wants to be Governor of Rio de Janeiro] (in Portuguese). O Dia. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  6. Campos, Mateus (21 October 2014). "Com tom religioso e sem apoio do PSOL-RJ, Daciolo comemora eleição e promete ir a pé até Brasília" [With religious tone and without PSOL-RJ support, Daciolo celebrates election and promises to walk to Brasília] (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  7. de Vasconcellos, Marcos (14 December 2017). "STF anistia deputado federal com base em lei que ele mesmo criou enquanto era réu" [STF amnesties federal deputy based in a law created by him when a defendant] (in Portuguese). Consultor Jurídico. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  8. "Cabo Daciolo diz que não apoia Bolsonaro nem Haddad no 2º turno". HuffPost Brasil (in Portuguese). 2018-10-08. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
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