Increasing penalties and intensifying controls: the ANFP decalogue to combat violence in stadiums

The ANFP is mobilizing in this area. Chile’s football governing body reacts to the outbreak of violence in stadiums and announces measures to deal with the problem, who experienced a new crisis in the Clásico Universitario which lasted half an hour in Concepción . The organization chaired by Pablo Milad announces concrete measures to try to bring peace to sports arenas.

In a telematic meeting attended by the president of Chilean football, in addition to the second vice-president of the ANFP, Mauricio Moreno, the director Andrés Alvarado, the general director of the ANFP, Pablo Silva, the director of the leagues professionals, Yamal Rajab, and the director of operations and security of the ANFP, Felipe de Pablo, on behalf of Quilín, and Juan Tagle, president of Cruzados, Michael Clark and Cecilia Pérez, senior leaders of the University of Chile , and Alfredo Stöhwing, helmsman of Blanco y Negro, The first proposals in general to the problem were made.

Ideas emerged from the meeting. These include integrating into the access control systems all those who have legal prohibitions in force, taking over the national fan register and having the support of the civil registry to have all the information and be able to activate facial recognition. “So that the search is faster and more efficient by the police ”, are set as a goal at the headquarters of Chilean football.

Besides, It is proposed to work on the modification of the law to intensify the penalties . For example, It is proposed that anyone who performs actions such as throwing blunt objects or using fireworks, as happened in Concepción, be punished not only for having committed an offense, but as a perpetrator of ‘a crime .

Another of the proposals that remained on the table was to work on regulations through the Home Office, change the preparation and qualification of private security . In the latter sense, for example, an update of the regulations is urgently needed to allow security guards who can wear deterrents and greater protection.

Milad argued that stadium violence is part of a broader social problem before detailing the measures that have been taken to deal with the scourge. “We don’t have the power to change the law. There’s a group of people who are focused on high-call clubs who don’t want families returning to stadiums. Our proposal goes hand in hand with the Ministry of the Interior and Estadio Seguro. We have worked with constitutionalists so that those who fall into the prohibitions do not have the possibility of complaining about violations of their rights “explained the helmsman of the ANFP, during a press conference that he offered yesterday at the headquarters of Chilean football.

“We have a loophole in our law. The stadium often goes unpunished. We’ve seen it over the weekend, in people messing up what people want to appreciate. Maybe we didn’t have the ability to listen in a problem that we have to do with the stadium. We are part of the problem, but you have to listen to us. We received an invitation from La Moneda. We need external regulations to be enforced. And I mean justice “, wide.

He even unveiled a proposal. “Today there are codes 101 and 102. We want to apply code 103 to people who have legal proceedings in progress, who must not enter stadiums and today move freely. I want it to be a drastic position. And also apply it to those who have pending child support “, he noted.