04/27/2024 – 15:19
The Legislative Police of the Chamber of Deputies opened an investigation to investigate an alleged crime of insult committed by influencer Felipe Neto against the President of the House, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), after the YouTuber called him “excremental” during a session held at Tuesday, 23. The influencer denies that he intended to offend the parliamentarian's honor.
The YouTuber was fined – an administrative act that formalizes the opening of the investigation – for insult. The crime carries a penalty of one to six months in detention or a fine, a punishment that is increased by a third in cases where the victim is a public servant or president of the Senate, Chamber or Federal Supreme Court (STF). The influencer said he has not yet been notified about the fine.
The information was released by deputy Arthur Lira's office. According to the statement, the Chamber's Parliamentary Prosecutor's Office will criminally prosecute Felipe Neto in the Federal Court.
The influencer participated virtually in the symposium “Regulation of Digital Platforms and the urgency of an agenda” arguing that the regulation of networks should be carried out after popular discussion. The meeting on PL 2630/2020, better known as the Fake News PL, demanded a more effective position from the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) on the topic.
“We fundamentally need to change our perception of what a bill like 2,630 was. Which was, unfortunately, crushed by the 'excremental' Arthur Lira. If we don’t have the people on our side, the deputies won’t vote, we already know how it works”, stated the influencer.
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Felipe Neto said he was being silenced
In a note, the influencer states that his intention was to play with words, referring to the term “excellent”, and says he is surprised by Lira's reaction, who, according to him, has already defended “several times” that her colleagues could say “whatever they wanted within Congress”. Read in full:
“Since I took a stand against the extreme right, I have been the target of systematic attempts to silence me. 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.”
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