The National Team is not playing nor are there Professional Cup matches this Thursday in Argentina, but in the AFA there are reasons to celebrate.
Justice winked at the institution chaired by Claudio Chiqui Tapia and confirmed the precautionary measure that suspends the articles of the mega DNU, promoted by the Government, which would allow the transformation of civil associations into sports corporations (SAD).
On January 30, federal judge Elpidio Portocarrero Tezanos Pinto, in charge of the Federal Court of Mercedes, received the presentation made by the Jumping League, affiliated with the Argentine Football Association through the Federal Council (chaired by Pablo Toviggino), and applied a precautionary measure to stop its implementation.
The controversy that arose between the world of football and the Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) 70/2023 announced by President Javier Milei in his first weeks in office is specifically reduced to articles 335 and 345, which proposed the modification of the statutes. of sports associations, federations and confederations.
Now, it is the Federal Chamber of San Martín that confirms said precautionary measure, pointing out that the implementation of said articles "alters the state of affairs of a social impact group such as sports entities, since it prevents them from developing their associative life."
Furthermore, it highlights that the debate on these articles does not comply with the regulations established by the issuance of a DNU: there is no need or urgency, and there is nothing that would prevent its parliamentary treatment.
The SAD proposal in Argentine football is an old project promoted by Mauricio Macri and picked up by Javier Milei, turning it into an issue that was included in the campaign when the AFA clubs came out to support Sergio Massa in the runoff.
In these almost one hundred days that the new Government has been in office, the appointment of Daniel Scioli as head of the Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Environment of the Nation was not enough to reconcile the diametrically opposed positions.
Scioli and his appointment to work in the Milei government.
"As soon as I took over this secretary, the first thing I did was call “Chiqui” Tapia, because I have known him for many years. Since I am very frontal, I asked him directly about this issue. He told me that he disagreed, and that's fine, It is their opinion," said Scioli in a meeting held in the province of Córdoba.
It is known that there are several open fronts in the Casa Rosada, and that of the SAD is one of those that generates the greatest resistance.
The decision of Justice means a step back and a victory that was shouted like a goal in the AFA.
The reaction of the AFA: Toviggino's explosive tweet
Once the ruling of the Federal Chamber of San Martín was announced, Pablo Toviggino expressed himself on his networks to celebrate the decision of Justice.
Toviggino, in charge of the Federal Council and a key piece of this opposition to the entry of the SAD into football, is the same one who crossed paths with Carlos Tevez last week over a controversial arbitration.
This time, who is Tapia's right-hand man and trusted man, ironically highlighted the work that the AFA has been doing: "I mean, there are them, they are people who do everything right, but everything goes wrong for them. In other words, "There are us, people who do everything wrong, but everything turns out well. Why is that?" the leader asks.
Pablo Toviggino's message after the confirmation of the precautionary measure against the entry of the SAD into football.
And he adds, almost in a harangue tone: "We will continue to be one AFA, one, that of the clubs, that of their leaders, one AFA."