Without a doubt, Chilean soccer is going through a delicate moment that has it on the brink of the abyss. This, product of the embarrassing episodes of violence that weekend after weekend take over the sports venues of our country.
For this reason, last Monday there was an important meeting in La Moneda between the Ministry of Sport, Ministry of Interiorthe National Association of Professional Soccer y Safe Stadiumwho analyzed these unfortunate incidents that do not give up.
ANFP and Government unite for violence in stadiums
After the instance, the president of the ANFP, Pablo Milad, and the Minister of Sports, Jaime Pizarro, spoke with the media and made happy accounts after this congregation.
In the first instance, the idol of Colo Colo maintained that “to take advantage of this instance to thank the National Association of Professional Soccer for this meeting. I believe that working on security plans today is very opportune and necessary“.
Along the same lines, the ex-volante affirmed that “it has several ingredients where the contributions that the clubs can make, the ANFP itself, Carabineros also on the improvements that these plans may have, They can be really very important and we hope that they will be a great contribution to be able to continue developing the activity in a normal way.having venues that accommodate good attendance, that carry out all sports activities with absolute normality”.
“Secondly, It is also necessary to advance in proposals for laws, regulatory frameworks that can be perfected, it must be remembered that there are already some laws that have been in force for some time and that can legitimately be reviewed, improved, perfected and that their scope can help to effectively Let’s keep moving forward in sports and particularly in the development of events in increasingly better conditions, with the assistance of the family, which is something really very important and that we hope will continue to be promoted”, he added.
Finally, the Kaiser pointed out that “organizations are always relevant, so on different topics we have previously met to discuss some contingent issues with both the ladies and the soccer players’ union because we understand that they are a relevant, core part of this activity and that by the way we will also have the time and space to collect their approaches, their points of view and to enrich this conversation that I believe is very important for everyone”.
President of the ANFP highlights the commitment of the authorities
For his part, the head honcho of the ANFP stated that “the truth is that I am very satisfied. Thank the undersecretary for the provision, the Minister of Sports, the undersecretary and Estadio Seguro, which has always been hand in hand with the ANFP”.
“We are going to work together, we are going to improve security measures in the stadiums, it is a challenge that we have together and that is very good because we have a commitment to the people who goes to the stadium to see a football show that is marred by these criminal acts that are vandal and do not improve or attract people or families to the stadium, that’s why we have to work for the people, because of how beautiful football is and the show it has to put on“he added.
In this sense, the helmsman of the entity in charge of our football assured that “there will be work commissions. One that is going to work on the modification of a short law, for which it is necessary to modify and the regulations that sometimes limit us in some aspectsand on the other hand the administrative part is going to work”.
“We have to further modify a new regulation that will be for security guards for soccer specifically, and That is why we are hand in hand with Estadio Seguro and also with the Ministry of the Interior, who have been very willing and I appreciate it.the truth is that We feel very listened to and we are going to work every day with the priority that this has to improve as soon as possible“, he remarked.
Finally, Pablo Milad commented that “the truth is that there is an absolute commitmentwe meet with the clubs of high convocation and They are willing to invest and put all their energies and all their forces to improve the show on the one hand, improve safety regulations and give all the fans peace of mind“.
