Initiation of fascist, legionary, racist, project adopted

The initiation or establishment of an organization of a fascist, legionary, racist or xenophobic organization, accession or support, in any form, of such a group ‘constitutes a crime and is punished by imprisonment from 3 to 10 years and the prohibition of rights’, provides for a legislative project for some measures to prevent and combat anti -Semitism, xenophobia, initiated by deputy Vexler Silviu (minorities), adopted by Senate.

The project had 78 votes ‘for’, 15 ‘against’ and 25 abstentions.

The proposal aims to modify and complement the Emergency Ordinance no. 31/2002 regarding the prohibition of organizations, symbols and facts of a fascist, legionary, racist or xenophobic character and the promotion of the cult of persons guilty of committing genocide offenses against humanity and war crimes, approved with modifications and completions by Law no. 107/2006, with the subsequent modifications and completions, as well as the modification of Law no. 157/2018 regarding some measures to prevent and combat anti -Semitism.

According to the exposure of reasons, the expected legislative interventions aim to confer a coherent, integrative, harmonious and coherent vision of the incrimination of the offenses motivated by hatred, including as a reaction to the extent of hatred and violence in the online environment ‘.

According to the initiator, ‘the distribution or provision of the public, in any way, of fascist, legionary, racist and xenophobic materials and is punished with imprisonment from one year to 5 years and the prohibition of rights’, and if the deed is committed through a computer system, ‘punishment limit is increased by half’.

Another article in the draft normative act stipulates that the fact of the person to promote, in public, the cult of persons guilty of committing genocide offenses, against humanity and war of the persons who were part of the leadership of fascist, legionary, racist or xenophobic organizations, as well as the act of promoting, in the public, Xenophobes is punished by imprisonment from 3 months to 3 years or a fine and the prohibition of rights’.

‘Denial, challenge, approval, justification or minimization obviously, by any means, in public, the Holocaust or its effects is punished with imprisonment from 6 months to 3 years and the prohibition of rights’, stipulates the draft normative act.

The project was transmitted to the Chamber of Deputies for debates and final vote, as a decision -making forum.