According to Italian media outlet Football and Finance, new developments have emerged in the controversy surrounding Giovanni Malagò's election as president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). The Federal Appeals Court of FIGC has dismissed the appeal filed by lawyer Renato Miele. However, this ruling does not mean that the question of whether Malagò's FIGC registration was complete at the time of his candidacy has been definitively resolved.

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

Miele not only questioned the resolution electing Malagò as FIGC president but also raised objections to preliminary and subsequent documentation related to the election process, including minutes from the Eligibility Committee meeting, candidate eligibility, and the refusal to examine documents related to Malagò's candidacy declaration.

Now, the Appeals Court has once again dismissed Miele's appeal. This means that, at least in this specific FIGC judicial procedure, Malagò's election as FIGC president on June 22 remains valid.

In fact, Miele's legal dispute over this election began even before the vote took place. In June of this year, the Federal Appeals Court rejected his appeals regarding his exclusion from the candidate list and the approval of Malagò and Giancarlo Abete as candidates.

At that time, Miele had publicly raised the issue that Malagò's FIGC registration was not complete when he filed his candidacy, citing Article 29 of the FIGC Regulations.

However, the most important question now is how much this ruling will impact the recently emerging controversy surrounding whether "Malagò's FIGC registration was incomplete at the time of his candidacy." In fact, this does not fall entirely under the same legal procedure as challenging the election process itself.

The dismissal of Miele's appeal is certainly a favorable outcome for Malagò in resolving questions about the legality of the election process, but it does not necessarily mean that the judiciary has rendered a final decision on how the registration eligibility requirements should be interpreted.

During the hearing held in June of this year, the Federal Appeals Court did not actually rule on the merits of whether Malagò lacked eligibility due to incomplete registration.

At that time, the court determined that because Miele himself was not approved as a candidate, he lacked the legal standing and necessary legal interest to challenge the eligibility of other candidates. For this reason, the question of whether Malagò was ineligible was deemed not requiring further substantive consideration.

Meanwhile, the investigation initiated by the FIGC Federal Prosecutor's Office regarding Malagò's registration remains an independent and ongoing procedure.

According to previous investigation findings, relevant examinations confirmed that Malagò's FIGC registration was indeed incomplete when he filed his candidacy. However, Federal Prosecutor Giuseppe Chinè previously requested case closure based on his interpretation of the FIGC Regulations.

According to this interpretation, the phrase "appropriate registration eligibility" in the Regulations does not necessarily mean that a candidate must actually have complete FIGC registration on the filing date, but rather requires those who have held FIGC registration to comply with applicable registration requirements. This view also cites precedents involving other FIGC officials as a basis.

However, the Sports Prosecutor's Office of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), led by Ugo Taucer, previously rejected Chinè's request to close the case and instead requested further clarification.

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

This ruling helps maintain the stability of the current FIGC management structure, but at this stage, it cannot be considered the final conclusion to the "Malagò's incomplete registration" controversy. Whether it will continue to affect his position as president will depend on the subsequent progress of the related procedures by CONI's sports judicial bodies.

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