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The Brazilian volleyball club Cruzeiro announced on Tuesday the indefinite suspension of international Wallaceelement that comes to life in your team after asking his followers on social media if they would shoot President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Cruzeiro stated in a statement that it required the athlete the “full retraction and an apology” to all those offended, stressing that the club “repudiates any act that could mean incitement to violence.”
“Hopefully the episode serve as learning for all, as a reflection on the conscious use of social networks and the responsibility that each one has in disseminating good values. Sport must be a tool to propagate equality, tolerance and respect,” the club stated.
The Jplayer of the Brazilian team apologized shortly before on his social networks for the controversial publication, in which he asked his followers if they would shoot President Lula in the face.
“Anyone who knows me knows that I would never incite violence against anyone, even less against our president.” Wallace said of the post, which cIt was rejected by the Brazilian government and sports authorities.
Request for apology from Wallace do vôlei:
– “I ended up generating a bad repercussion, so here it is”
– “Quem me conhece sabe”
– “I was an unhappy post”
– “I never intended”
– “I’m not the minha person”
All the sentences are real, taken from the video that I just published. Pathetic. pic.twitter.com/pNTRLd7P5n
— Felipe Neto 🦉 (@felipeneto) January 31, 2023
Wallace took the poll in response to a fan’s comments on a photo of the athlete holding a firearm.. The volleyball player He is a declared supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro and defends the arms discourse of the leader of the extreme right.
In addition, it must be taken into account that The athlete deleted the controversial survey hours after publishing it, but the Brazilian government and other authorities reacted by announcing judicial measures.
in the sports sphere the Brazilian Olympic Committee asked its Ethics Council to investigate the case in order to determine what will be the sanctions that will be determined for Wallace.
With information from EFE
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