According to Italian sports media outlet Calcio e Finanza, new developments have emerged in the controversy surrounding Giovanni Malagò's election as president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). The Joint Chambers of the FIGC Federal Court of Appeal rejected the appeal filed by lawyer Renato Miele; however, this decision does not mean that the issue of Malagò's incomplete registration with the FIGC at the time of his candidacy has been definitively resolved.

Miele had previously appealed a decision by the FIGC Federal Court, which had rejected his objections to the results of the FIGC presidential election held on June 22 of this year.

Miele contested not only Malagò's election as FIGC president but also raised objections regarding preliminary and related documents in the electoral process, including the minutes of the eligibility committee meetings, the eligibility of candidates, and the refusal to grant him access to documents related to Malagò's candidacy.

Now, the Court of Appeal has again rejected Miele's appeal. This means that, at least in this specific FIGC legal proceeding, the result of Malagò's election as FIGC president on June 22 remains valid.

In fact, Miele's legal disputes over this election began even before the vote took place. In June of this year, the Federal Court of Appeal had already rejected his appeal against his own disqualification from candidacy and the approval of Malagò and Giancarlo Abete as candidates.

At that time, Miele had explicitly raised the question of Malagò's incomplete registration with the FIGC when filing his candidacy application, citing Article 29 of the FIGC Statutes.

However, the more crucial issue currently is what impact this decision will have on the recently reignited controversy over "Malagò's incomplete registration with the FIGC at the time of his candidacy." In fact, this is not entirely the same legal proceeding as the appeal against the electoral process itself.

The rejection of Miele's appeal is certainly a favorable outcome for Malagò regarding challenges to the legality of the electoral process, but it does not necessarily mean that the judiciary has made a final determination on how registration eligibility requirements should be interpreted.

In the related hearing held in June of this year, the Federal Court of Appeal did not actually rule on the merits of whether Malagò was ineligible due to incomplete registration.

At that time, the court determined that since Miele himself was not permitted to be a candidate, he lacked the legal standing and interest necessary to contest the eligibility of other candidates. For this reason, the question of whether Malagò was ineligible was deemed not to require further substantive review.

Meanwhile, the investigation launched by the FIGC Federal Prosecutor's Office regarding Malagò's registration remains an independent proceeding and is currently ongoing.

According to previous investigation findings, relevant checks confirmed that Malagò had indeed not completed his registration with the FIGC when submitting his candidacy application. However, Federal Prosecutor Giuseppe Chinè had previously requested the case be archived based on his own interpretation of the FIGC Statutes.

According to this interpretation, the phrase "registration eligibility in compliance with regulations" in the statutes does not necessarily mean that a candidate must actually possess FIGC registration on the day of candidacy, but rather requires that individuals who already possess FIGC registration comply with relevant registration regulations. This view also cited previous cases involving other FIGC officials as precedent.

However, the Sports Prosecutor's Office of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), led by Ugo Taucer, had not previously accepted Chinè's request to archive the case, instead asking for further clarification.

Therefore, the investigation into Malagò's registration eligibility is currently ongoing and will continue independently of Miele's appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal.

This decision helps maintain the stability of the current FIGC leadership structure, but at this stage, it cannot be considered the final resolution of the controversy over Malagò's "unregistered candidacy." Whether this will further impact his presidency will depend on the subsequent progress of relevant proceedings within CONI's sports justice bodies.

Traduzido por IA.

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