Government approves "Draconian" laws
Five days after last Friday’s tragedy in Catania, the government have reached a hard and decisive decision to clamp down on football violence.
The law passed by the cabinet this evening, the culmination of a lengthy debate which began just hours after the death of police officer Filippo Raciti, means Italian football now has a tough set of rules to follow.
"We have approved Draconian measures," commented Minister for Infrastructure Antonio Di Pietro at the end of this evening’s crisis talks. "If stadiums are not up to code, they will be closed to fans."
The suspension of the Championship - enforced last weekend by FIGC commissioner Luca Pancalli – is now expected to come to an end.
When the teams return to action, grounds across the country which do not meet the requirements of the Legge Pisanu bill will be empty. The decree is 15 pages long and counts 13 articles.
This is certainly the harshest of the regulations, and one which will continue to be the source of debate for quite some time. The closure of non-regulation stadiums is just the beginning.
- Flares, smoke bombs and firecrackers will be outlawed at all sporting events, not just on match days but up to 24 hours beforehand in the vicinity of the venue.
- Blocks of tickets will no longer be sold to away fans.
- Financial relations and co-operation between clubs and organised fan groups, the Ultras, will no longer be tolerated.
- Preventative stadium bans will be extended to minors, with community service obligatory for offenders.
- Suspected hooligans can now be arrested 48 hours after the incident rather than the current 36, while the punishment for resisting public officials will increase from a minimum of five years to a maximum of 15 years.
- Clubs are urged to create a staff of stewards to police the fans, but there will be heavy fines if they employ someone with a criminal record for this role.
- The minimum capacity for stadiums required to comply with the regulations of the Pisanu bill will also be lowered from 10000 to 7500. Some arenas had reduced their capacity to 9,999 to avoid making the changes.
- Evening matches will also be prohibited for the rest of February, so all games must be played in the afternoon.
- Journalists are asked to set a code of ethics that they will police themselves so as to not inflame public opinion around sporting events.
Several clubs have asked for at least their season ticket holders to be allowed in even if their stadium does not pass the inspection, but that issue will be decided after another meeting on Thursday.
Source: C4 Football Italia
The law passed by the cabinet this evening, the culmination of a lengthy debate which began just hours after the death of police officer Filippo Raciti, means Italian football now has a tough set of rules to follow.
"We have approved Draconian measures," commented Minister for Infrastructure Antonio Di Pietro at the end of this evening’s crisis talks. "If stadiums are not up to code, they will be closed to fans."
The suspension of the Championship - enforced last weekend by FIGC commissioner Luca Pancalli – is now expected to come to an end.
When the teams return to action, grounds across the country which do not meet the requirements of the Legge Pisanu bill will be empty. The decree is 15 pages long and counts 13 articles.
This is certainly the harshest of the regulations, and one which will continue to be the source of debate for quite some time. The closure of non-regulation stadiums is just the beginning.
- Flares, smoke bombs and firecrackers will be outlawed at all sporting events, not just on match days but up to 24 hours beforehand in the vicinity of the venue.
- Blocks of tickets will no longer be sold to away fans.
- Financial relations and co-operation between clubs and organised fan groups, the Ultras, will no longer be tolerated.
- Preventative stadium bans will be extended to minors, with community service obligatory for offenders.
- Suspected hooligans can now be arrested 48 hours after the incident rather than the current 36, while the punishment for resisting public officials will increase from a minimum of five years to a maximum of 15 years.
- Clubs are urged to create a staff of stewards to police the fans, but there will be heavy fines if they employ someone with a criminal record for this role.
- The minimum capacity for stadiums required to comply with the regulations of the Pisanu bill will also be lowered from 10000 to 7500. Some arenas had reduced their capacity to 9,999 to avoid making the changes.
- Evening matches will also be prohibited for the rest of February, so all games must be played in the afternoon.
- Journalists are asked to set a code of ethics that they will police themselves so as to not inflame public opinion around sporting events.
Several clubs have asked for at least their season ticket holders to be allowed in even if their stadium does not pass the inspection, but that issue will be decided after another meeting on Thursday.
Source: C4 Football Italia
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