Salvadoran soccer continues with its countdown to 4:00 am this Monday, which FIFA gave as the deadline for INDES to withdraw its Fesfut Normalizing Commission, despite the interruption of it
The main news on Saturday regarding the Normalizing Commission that imposed INDES in the Salvadoran Football Federation it was the “interruption of operations” and the removal of the Fesfut facilities; however, basically, the suspension (via precautionary measure) of the Sports Disciplinary, Ethics and Appeals Court (TDEA) is still in force for the Executive Committee of the federation.
However, by not suggesting in the statement published on their networks, the reversal of the injunction by the Court, It is not yet clear whether the “interruption” will be enough for FIFA, since in the letter he wrote to Fesfut on Wednesday 20 he emphasized that “in the event that the Normalizing Committee implemented by the Executive Committee of INDES is not withdrawn, before Monday, July 25, 2022 at 12:00 noon (from Switzerland, 4:00 am from El Salvador), the matter will be immediately submitted to the FIFA Council Bureau.”
What line should Salvadoran football now follow to overcome the crisis?
The interruption of functions came hours after the First and Third Division, plus the ADFAS, players’ and coaches’ association They asked for it in a joint meeting in Fesfut, after on Friday separately, Primera and Players raised both measures separately.
The only absentee was Second divisionwhich in a statement signed by the board of said league, ask that the members of the Executive Committee be reinstated and with them the Ordinary Soccer Congress can be drawn up, plus the adequacy of the federative statutes with the General Sports Law, as well as Fesfut once again has a ministry of law in the country.
However, late at night, Municipal, AD Municipal, Vendaval, Atlético Balboa, Topiltzín, Ilopango FC, Marte Soyapango, Pipil and Corinto FC jointly issued their position where they expressed their disagreement for the first statement, as well as being satisfied with the suspension of the Commission and request that FIFA establish the solution to the problems of national football.
still not enough
Another point in perspective was placed by the lawyer specializing in sports law, Emma Alvarez who in his Twitter account explained that the problem would not even lie in the Normalizing Commission, but in the statutes of the Fesfut and its attempt to homologate with the General Sports Law, which was the reason why the TDEA ended up executing the precautionary measure.
“The real problem is not the commission that INDES imposed, it is the FESFUT STATUTES because attaching them to the General Sports Law conflicts with FIFA. It is an impossible mission if INDES insists on a double jurisdiction such as that of the TDEAD. Therefore, the withdrawal of the INDES Commission only means prolonging the agony of a dead person,” said the lawyer on Twitter.
“FIFA is not going to admit a change of statutes for FESFUT, even if it is at the proposal of Congress, if these violate its principles. Preparing a project of new Statutes for FESFUT does not suppose a Copy Page as other federations did. Here they are going to require the legal endorsement of the FIFA Legal Commission and until it exists, it may be submitted to a vote in Congress,” he added.
To round: in practice, the Executive Committee of the Fesfut is still suspendeddespite the fact that there is no longer an operational function of the INDES Normalizing Commission, for which the only active member of the Committee continues to be Walter Carabantes López, who was present on Saturday at the meeting of the members of the federation, but for it just remains unable to make large-scale decisions.
Will the interruption be enough for FIFA to avoid the sanction? Probably this week there will be an answer.