volleyball player Wallace Desuza you can’t play with Brazil’s Choice a year for asking his social media followers if they would shoot the president in the face Luis Inacio Lula da SilvaHow did you decide this Monday? Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB).
The COB Ethics Board has just positioned itself in relation to the case of athlete Wallace Sousa.
🔹90 days of suspension of activities related to COB and organizations under the auspices of the Brazilian Olympic system.
🔸1 year disqualification of the Brazilian team
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— Time in Brazil (@timebrasil) April 3, 2023
The COB Ethics Committee also imposed suspension of any sporting activity for 90 days, considering that his statements “promote and incite violence.”
Sanction starts to apply from February 3the date on which temporarily suspended hence Wallace will be able to play volleyball again in May and could go back to choosing from February 2024.
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Wallacegold medalist 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeirowas also suspended indefinitely by his club, Cruzeiro, who demanded itand apologized.
Social networks can seem like a space where everything is free, without much appreciation for the possibilities of interpretation, and this is a great weapon. We will notify everyone or our staff, athletes and the Technical Commission of the importance of the responsibility not to use them.
— Sada Cruzeiro (@sadacruseiro) January 31, 2023
The controversy flared when, in late January, Wallace, a prominent supporter of the former president, Jair Bolsonarothe leader of the Brazilian far right, posted a photo of a firearm on his account Instagram.
So one of his 370,000 followers asked him, would use a gun to shoot President Lula in the face and he answered by doing poll in which he answered this question.
Wallace deleted the controversial poll hours after it was posted, but the Brazilian government and other authorities action has been announced.
The event took place three weeks after serious terrorist attacks by thousands of far-right radicals against headquarters of the President, Parliament and the Supreme Court, in an attempt to overthrow Lula who has won Bolsonaro in the October elections last year.
(According to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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