25 more champions prevented from going to stadiums in Portugal
Four of the cases concern Benfica, in the red defeat of Marítimo (5-0) in September
Access to sports venues was prohibited in December for more than 25 guests, advanced the Authority for the Prevention and Combat of Violence in Sport (APCVD), with 19 individuals removed for using pyrotechnics.
“In December, 25 were prevented from accessing sports venues by decision of the Authority for the Prevention and Combat of Violence in Sport, pending the following infractions: 19 for possession and use of pyrotechnics, four for committing acts or inciting violence and one for throwing objects”, notes that entity.
Four of the cases concern Benfica, in the red rout of Marítimo (5-0) in September, all due to the use of pyrotechnics, but there is also a case of throwing stones, by an 18-year-old youth in a district meeting between Ermesinde and Padroense.
The practice of “acts of incitement to violence”, in the case against a referee, led to the sanction of a 47-year-old man who was watching Oliveira do Hospital-Águias in benjamins, within the Coimbra Football Association.
Failure to comply with the ban on access to sports venues makes those sanctioned incur the crime of disobedience, being subject to arrest.
On Thursday, the Council of Ministers adopted the new Legal Regime for Explosives and Dangerous Substances (RJESP), starting to criminalize the possession of explosives, articles or pyrotechnic devices in sports venues and other prohibited places.
In this context, according to the proposal of the Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI), a prison sentence of up to five years or a fine of up to 600 days is established for anyone who “incurs the transport, detention, use, distribution or possession of explosives, improvised explosive devices or pyrotechnics, in sports venues, places of sponsored associations and where celebrations of sporting successes take place”.
It also becomes a crime to use explosive devices “in places intended for training and sports practice and in facilities of clubs and sports societies”.