President of the Chamber intends to take the case to Federal Court; the communicator says he was surprised by the deputy's reaction
Digital influencer Felipe Neto was charged on Tuesday (April 23, 2024) by Depol (Legislative Police Department) of Representative body for insult after he called the president of Casa Baixa, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), from “excrementalO“.
The YouTuber made the statement while participating in a symposium (formal meeting) at the National Congress. Felipe Neto criticized the deputy for allegedly burying the PL (bill) 2,630 from 2020known as PL of fake news.
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Depol was called by Lira to “the adoption of appropriate measures”. According to the president's advisors, the Chamber's Parliamentary Prosecutor's Office will take legal action against Felipe Neto in the Federal Court in a criminal case. Here's the complete of the letter sent by the deputy (PDF – 45 kB).
The crime news was presented at the Depol police station on the same day that the communicator participated in the symposium. “Citizen Felipe Neto made insulting, offensive and gratuitous comments to the president of the Chamber of Deputies“says Lira's advisor.
The digital influencer was charged with the crime of insult with a predicted increased sentence, as per article 141 of the Brazilian Penal Code, which deals with infractions committed against a public official due to their duties.
To the Power360Felipe Neto stated, in a note, that he made a “ironic criticism” to Lira's decision and was surprised by the congressman's reaction.
Read the full text below:
“Since I took a stand against the far right, I have been the target of systematic attempts to silence them. This time, I confess that I was surprised, not only because my intention was evidently to play with words to make an ironic criticism of Mr. Arthur Lira's actions in shelving Bill 2630, but also because the Deputy has already defended several times that his colleagues could say whatever they wanted within Congress. If I wasn't intimidated when the Bolsonaro family tried to silence me, I won't be intimidated now. I will continue to face this and any other attempt at silencing, no matter who it comes from.r.”
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