Bebel Gilberto’s gesture of stepping on the national flag is a crime and can lead to a fine

Bebel Gilberto’s gesture of stepping on the national flag is a crime and can lead to a fine


The singer posted a video apologizing for what she called “a reckless act”

The attitude of the singer Bebel Gilberto, who stepped on a national flag during a concert on Saturday 23, in the United States, is not considered a crime, but a crime and punishable by a fine.





Bebel Gilberto’s gesture of stepping on the national flag is a crime and can lead to a fine

The flag, as well as the National anthemto National Weapons and the National sealthey are considered symbols of the country and, if destroyed or outraged in public, the perpetrator is punished.

Under the law 5,700 of 1971, the Bebel deed is a crime subject to a fine of up to R $ 4,000, but not imprisonment.

As for the law decree n. 898, of 29 September 1969, the public destruction of national symbols can lead to a prison term of 2 to 4 years.

After the backlash for her act, Bebel apologized. “I apologize for doing that. But do you think I’m proud of being Brazilian or not?”

Source: Terra

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