ERC discusses three days after the bill on the survey published in the newspaper “Chega”

The ERC called on Intercampus and the Folha Nacional (Chega) newspaper to comply with electoral law in a discussion held three days after the legislative elections, which was published on the media regulator’s website on Tuesday.

The Social Communications Regulatory Authority (ERC) received two complaints on February 22 about alleged non-compliance with the Survey Law in the conduct and publication of a survey published by the periodical Folha Nacional on its website that day.

The next day, an official source contacted by Lusa said that they had ordered an investigation into a survey published by Chega in its newspaper Folha Nacional, carried out by the Brazilian company Paraná Pesquisas, which is not accredited by the regulator, under the headline: “For the first time, survey shows technical connection between PS , AD and Chegoy in the legislative elections” on March 10.

At the time, Intercampus director Antonio Salvador confirmed to Renascença that his company collected the information and the data analysis was carried out by Parana Pesquisas, adding that the public opinion research was carried out under the condition that it would not be disclosed. in press.

A discussion dated March 13 states that “after examining two complaints regarding alleged non-compliance with Law No. 10/2000 of June 21 (Survey Law),” the Regulatory Council decided to “call on Intercampus to commit itself to strictly complying with Article 5, paragraph 2, of the Geodetic Law research, warning him about the possibility of a confidential preventive deposit.”

It also decides to “urge the Folha Nacional to comply with the Survey Law regarding the obligation to include all elements of mandatory publication”, “namely the prescribed elements”, such as the number of people surveyed, their geographical distribution and composition; response rate and an indication of any bias that non-respondents may introduce; an indication of the percentage of respondents who answered “don’t know/no answer”, as well as the percentage of people who said they would abstain; and the sampling method used – “under penalty of opening proceedings on an administrative offense.”