The Brazilian Electoral Court (TSE) recently dismissed a request from the Liberal Party (PL) to investigate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva over his honor at the Carnaval parade of the Acadêmicos de Niterói samba school. This decision came on a Thursday, with TSE's General Inspector Antonio Carlos Ferreira indicating that the allegations lacked sufficient evidence to justify an electoral investigation. The PL's contention was that the event, occurring in an election year, might have leveraged public funding, raising concerns of potential misuse of administrative resources and the incorporation of political campaign elements into a public event.