Court orders SP City Hall to operate 100% of the bus fleet on election Sunday

The decision was taken after a popular action filed against the municipality and SPTrans. The city hall had informed that it would maintain the same public transport scheme adopted in the first round in the second round, with a fleet equivalent to Saturday days, rejecting requests from opposition parliamentarians to expand the fleet to the level of weekdays.

The action was initially presented to the State Common Court and then sent to the Electoral Court, as it dealt with voters' access to polling places.

The judge partially granted urgent relief, considering the proximity of the election and the rules of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) and the understanding of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) on the provision of public transport on voting days.

The decision provides for a fine of R$100,000, for personal responsibility, to the mayor, Ricardo Nunes (MDB), and the president of SPTrans, Victor Hugo Borges, in case of non-compliance with the court order. The judge also warned that non-compliance could have criminal, civil and administrative consequences.

The authors of the action also requested a minimum reserve of 10% of the fleet for peripheral and more socially vulnerable regions, in addition to the presentation of a detailed operational plan by line and concessionaire. This specific request was not accepted.

The judge determined, however, that the operation operates with 100% of the fleet on regular working day levels, maintaining the technical reserve percentage usually used on these journeys.