Mônica Bergamo: Prerogatives triggers AGU against deputy Julia Zanatta for anti-vaccine campaign

The Prerogatives Group submitted a request for action to the National Prosecutor's Office of the Union for the Defense of Democracy, of the Attorney General's Office ( AGU ), against federal deputy Júlia Zanatta (PL-SC) .

The petition accuses the parliamentarian of promoting a "systematic campaign of health misinformation" against public policies of mandatory vaccination , especially aimed at children.

It is a formal instrument that requests the analysis and adoption of measures by public bodies in the face of possible illegalities or threats to the collective interest.

In the document, which the column had access to, the lawyers ask the AGU to take "appropriate extrajudicial and judicial" measures to contain what they classify as a threat to public health and democracy.

"The deputy's actions go beyond the limits of the free exercise of her parliamentary mandate and reach the level of deliberately spreading discredit against consolidated scientific evidence," they state.

The petition mentions two bills submitted by Zanatta: Bill 2.643/2025, which authorizes the refusal of vaccines with medical certificates, and Bill 2.641/2025, which prohibits compulsory vaccination and proposes the crime of "vaccine coercion." The authors say the proposals represent "an attempt at institutional subversion."

"The parliamentarian is acting against the public interest and exposing children to avoidable risks," the lawyers say. They say that even if the bills don't move forward, they contribute to legally legitimizing anti-vaccine rhetoric.

The petition also points to evidence of misuse of public resources—such as parliamentary quotas and institutional social networks—to spread misinformation.

In her column, Zanatta states that "if a parliamentarian cannot express an opinion and propose laws, then there is no reason for the mandate to exist." The congresswoman also describes the maneuver as "activating what appears to be a kind of 'Ministry of Truth' against me. It's pathetic."

She also accuses Prerrogativas of trying to turn political disagreement into institutional persecution and the group's coordinator, Marco Aurélio de Carvalho, of using the National Prosecutor's Office for the Defense of Democracy to intimidate opponents.

"They didn't present any of my statements that were considered anti-scientific," she says. According to her, her projects seek to regain public trust by proposing the end of mandatory vaccination. "To convince, never to impose," she asserts (read the full statement below).

At the end of the document, the Prerogatives Group requests the establishment of a monitoring procedure, technical opinions from health agencies, the adoption of legal and administrative measures with Congress, possible provocation to the STF or TSE, and the accountability of Congresswoman Júlia Zanatta if the use of public resources to spread misinformation about vaccination is proven.

Read Zanatta 's full note below :

"If a parliamentarian cannot express an opinion and propose laws, then there is no reason for the mandate to exist. Now they want to activate what appears to be a kind of "Ministry of Truth" against me. It's pathetic.

The Prerogatives Group, which placed dozens of names in the Lula administration, is trying to turn political disagreement into institutional persecution. It's regrettable to see a group linked to the Workers' Party (PT) attempting to delegitimize the work of a democratically elected representative. Politics is about debate, not intimidation.

The petition's author, Marco Aurélio de Carvalho, has been linked to the Workers' Party (PT) since his youth and previously headed the party's legal department. Now he's trying to turn the Federal Attorney General's Office into a tool for intimidating opposition lawmakers, with the connivance of the so-called National Prosecutor's Office for the Defense of Democracy, an agency created by Lula's mismanagement that already acts as a veritable Ministry of Truth.

They didn't present any of my statements that they considered unscientific. What they're challenging are bills that propose ending mandatory vaccinations—a measure aimed precisely at restoring public trust, currently shaken by coercive measures. Countries like Switzerland don't mandate vaccinations, yet they have extremely high vaccination coverage.

Our role as representatives of the people is to convince, never to impose or humiliate. The population has already realized that the good the State can do is limited, but the harm it can cause is infinite. Research by Atlas Intel shows that Brazilians fear the State (the Judiciary, the Government, and Congress) more than organized crime. Initiatives like this only reinforce this perception.

If my words reverberate more than the government's own actions, that reveals much more about their inefficiency than about me."

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