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A former city councillor in Brazil has returned a toilet and two sinks she had removed from her office after losing a bid for re-election.<\/p>\n
Footage of one of Jana\u00edna Lima’s employees hauling away the facilities was posted online as her tenure as Sao Paulo councilwoman ended.<\/p>\n
“I decided to donate the equipment I acquired with my own resources to the chamber,” she said in statement on X, following a social media backlash.<\/p>\n
“Obviously, neither I nor my advisers need a toilet.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
CCTV cameras caught employees in her office removing the facilities that were installed when she took office eight years ago.<\/p>\n
In a statement posted on social media, Lima said the bathroom renovation was paid for with her own money and therefore not an asset belonging to the council.<\/p>\n
Lima said she had followed the guidance of the legal department, that had indicated that all personally installed resources should be removed.<\/p>\n
She told Brazilian media outlet G1 the hydraulics in the building are “sensitive”.<\/p>\n
She added that other fixtures she had bought for the office – such as a glass partition and industrial-style light fittings – would remain in place for her successor.<\/p>\n
Lima served as a counsellor for the New Party until 1 January. <\/p>\n
The 41-year-old lost her position to Adrilles Jorge, of the Brazilian Labour Party, in the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n
At his inauguration on Monday, Jorge quipped to G1 that his team would “use a communal potty” until the situation is resolved.<\/p>\n
“I visited the office and thought the architecture was brilliant. But she took everything out,” he said.<\/p>\n
“They even took out the toilet and the sink. She didn’t say [that she was going to take them out]. And it’s something that neither she would say, nor would I ask.”<\/p>\n
The new president of the House, Ricardo Teixeira said “appropriate measures” would be taken.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n