A erstwhile metropolis councillor successful Brazil has returned a toilet and 2 sinks she had removed from her bureau aft losing a bid for re-election.
Footage of 1 of Janaína Lima's employees hauling distant the facilities was posted online arsenic her tenure arsenic Sao Paulo councilwoman ended.
"I decided to donate the instrumentality I acquired with my ain resources to the chamber," she said successful connection connected X, pursuing a societal media backlash.
"Obviously, neither I nor my advisers request a toilet."
CCTV cameras caught employees successful her bureau removing the facilities that were installed erstwhile she took bureau 8 years ago.
In a connection posted connected societal media, Lima said the bath renovation was paid for with her ain wealth and truthful not an plus belonging to the council.
Lima said she had followed the guidance of the ineligible department, which had indicated that each personally installed resources should beryllium removed.
She told Brazilian media outlet G1 the hydraulics successful the gathering are "sensitive".
She added that different fixtures she had bought for the bureau - specified arsenic a solid partition and industrial-style airy fittings - would stay successful spot for her predecessor.
Lima served arsenic served arsenic a counsellor for the New Party until 1 January.
The 41-year-old mislaid her presumption to Adrilles Jorge, of the Brazilian Labour Party, successful the 2024 elections.
At his inauguration connected Monday, Jorge quipped to G1 that his squad would "use a communal potty" until the concern is resolved.
"I visited the bureau and thought the architecture was brilliant. But she took everything out," helium said.
"They adjacent took retired the toilet and the sink. She didn't accidental [that she was going to instrumentality them out]. And it's thing that neither she would say, nor I would ask."
The caller president of the House, Ricardo Teixeira said "appropriate measures" would beryllium taken.