A former city councilor in Brazil has returned a toilet and two sinks she removed from her office after losing her re-election bid.
Footage of one of Janina Lima's employees moving facilities was posted online as her term as a São Paulo councilwoman ended.
“I have decided to donate the equipment I obtained with my own resources to the chamber,” she said in a statement on Channel X, after backlash on social media.
“Clearly neither I nor my advisor need a toilet.”
Surveillance cameras showed staff in her office removing facilities that were installed when she took office eight years ago.
In a statement posted on social media, Lima said the bathroom renovation was paid for with her own money and was therefore not an asset of the council.
Lima said she followed the legal department's guidelines, which stated that all personally installed resources should be removed.
She told Brazilian media G1 that the building's hydraulics were “sensitive.”
She added that other fixtures she purchased for the office — such as a glass partition and industrial-style light fixtures — will remain in place relative to her predecessor.
Lima served as an advisor to the new party until January 1.
The 41-year-old lost her position to Adrilis Jorge, from the Brazilian Labor Party, in the 2024 elections.
At his inauguration on Monday, Jorge jokingly told G1 that his team would “use the communal potty” until the situation was resolved.
“I visited the office and thought the architecture was amazing. But it brought it all out,” he said.
“They even took out the toilet and the sink. She didn't say 'she'd take them out'. Which she didn't say, nor would I ask for.”
The new Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ricardo Teixeira, said that “appropriate measures” would be taken.
