Susanna Riva The issue of Giovanni Malagò 's failed registration continues to dominate the Italian football world. The Attorney General's Office for Sport, led by Ugo Taucer, has rejected the request for the case to be closed by the head of the FIGC's Federal Prosecutor's Office , Giuseppe Chinè . This decision could have significant repercussions on the future of the Italian Football Federation.
The decision of the Attorney General's Office for Sport
Taucer's decision was communicated directly to Chinè and, for information, to CONI President Luciano Buonfiglio . This is an interim response that leaves the matter open. In the report, Taucer invites the FIGC prosecutor's office to further investigate the case raised by the appeal filed during the election campaign by lawyer Renato Miele, who was excluded from the FIGC presidential race.
Taucer's demands
Taucer has asked the FIGC's Federal Prosecutor's Office to submit the matter to the federal bodies so that they can adopt guidelines shared with CONI. The issue could then end up on the desk of Olympic Committee President Luciano Buonfiglio , and it's possible it could become an item on the agenda of the CONI Board, scheduled for next week.
Malagò's failure to register
The issue concerns Malagò's lack of registration and the requirements for his candidacy. According to Miele, since he wasn't registered, Malagò didn't meet the requirements to run. Taucer was reportedly not convinced by Chinè's reconstruction and asked the head of the FIGC's federal prosecutor's office to conduct further investigations and investigations. Now it's up to the CONI to decide how to proceed.
Chiné, in fact, has confirmed that President Malagò was not registered, but in the documents that will be filed with CONI at the beginning of the week, the federal prosecutor proposes dismissing the case, citing the fact that the candidacy was deemed suitable by the offices, also based on recent precedents. These citations and references will now be evaluated by Taucer, while the president of the Italian Football Federation expresses complete calm about this proceeding.
Precedents and interpretations of the Federal Statute
This is an interpretation that CONI's Attorney General, Ugo Taucer, endorsed three years ago, when he closed a case against a regional councilor, and the following year when he closed the complaint against Gravina. The ball is now in CONI's court, with the Attorney General called to act following the response from the FIGC's Federal Prosecutor's Office. There are essentially three options: close the case, refer Malagò to the Federal Court if he believes there have been minor violations, or involve the CONI Board to verify whether Malagò's election was fair at all levels, potentially resulting in his dismissal.
Because CONI controls the Italian Football Federation, it will have the final say on this case after Prosecutor Taucer requested an investigation into Chiné pursuant to former Article 47, paragraph 1, of the Italian Sports Justice Code. While waiting for CONI's decision, however, it will be up to the FIGC's Federal Court to give Miele a ruling: a hearing is scheduled for September 11th to evaluate his new appeal, already rejected on August 8th by the Federal Court, regarding Malagò's position and the actions that led to his election.