State of Rio de Janeiro approves “Lei Vini Jr”

Spending a few days on vacation in Brazil, the Real Madrid, Vinícius Junior has a good reason to celebrate this Tuesday, the 7th. That’s because the bill that provides for the interruption, and even the end, of a football match was approved in Rio de Janeiro, and depends only on the governor’s sanction Claudio Castro.

Bill 1.112/23, is being called vini jr after several cases of racism suffered by the player during matches in which he played in Spain. The bill is authored by Deputy Prof. Josemar (Psol), and was unanimously approved. In addition to what has already been mentioned, the new law also provides for a protocol for conducting complaints and protecting victims.

“We have to extirpate this cancer that is racism, once and for all, especially in sports. This law aims to combat racism and create an egalitarian society. Alerj is the first legislative house to approve a PL with this content in the country“, said the author of the project.

In addition to the new law, Vinícius will also receive the Tiradentes Medal, which is Alerj’s highest honor, and the act was proposed by the deputy Veronica Lima (PT). As previously mentioned, the Brazilian player is on vacation in the country, and was at Maracanã last Monday, 5th, to see Basque It is Flamengoand receive honors from both teams.

Understand the creation of the “Vini Jr Law”:

Living with several cases of racism since his arrival in Spain, where he plays for Real Madrid, Vinícius Júnior has not let himself be silenced, and has seen the situation become even worse in recent weeks. That’s because he identified a rival fan cursing him and asked that the match not be resumed after the case. On the contrary, the referee authorized the restart of the match, which ended with the expulsion of the Brazilian in the final minutes.