Lotito and the no to Malagò: "I’ll explain why once and for all"

“The topic is not against Malagò or in favor of Malagò. I think that as it is the system vada refounded from the point of view normative“. Thus the senator and president of Lazio, Claudio Lotitospeaking to AGI, intervenes on the debate surrounding the football governance and to the candidacy for the FIGC of the former number one of CONI Giovanni Malagò decided by Serie A League with the opposition of Lazio and Verona (which then changed its mind).

Lotito rejects the personalistic reading of the clash and shifts the focus to rules: “No elections they are done for about a year, more than a year, because then we go to Olympic deadline and we need to redo the elections. It would be more profitable to do it regulatory refoundation“.

Lotito’s proposal: first the rules, then governance

A direct reference tocurrent legislative systemwhich the Biancoceleste president defines as outdated: “Elections are sanctioned on the basis of one law of ’81the 91 dell’81from 45 years ago”. Hence the proposal: first intervene on the norms and only then proceed with the choices governance. “We have to do it first norms and then, in total autonomylo sport he will choose who he thinks is right to govern the system“, he explains, indicating a clear separation between the role of legislator and that of sports institutions.

The role of Parliament and the commissionership

On the topic of the possible commissionershipLotito disputes the idea that the government cannot intervene and that it is a prerogative of the president of CONI: “I don’t think Abodi could have told him this, because if he had said this then he doesn’t know the matter.” And he adds: “The Parliament And sovereignhe will say what needs to be done so we will relieve him of this task”. According to the senator, the possible recourse to a commissioner would have a precise function: “If there is a commissioner he just does them norms. After that, do the normslet’s proceed.”

Distinction between sports and state regulations

Finally, Lotito clarifies the distinction between sporting and state spheres: “The president of CONI decides the commissionership based on violations of sports standard. We’re talking about here rules of the Italian Statewhich is something else. The tool to do the reforms it is decided by the Parliamentnot the federation,” he concluded.