The Regularizing Commission, established by FIFA to face the crisis of the Uruguayan Association of Futbol ended politicized

Recorded conversations street by the former executive director of Sport Total program, Walter Alcantara, which apparently linked to the government of Uruguay in pressures Victor Valdez, former president of the Uruguayan Association of Futbol (AUF) to that in sports infrastructure reforms a company that advises Javier Vázquez, son of the president of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez , made visible the crisis that the important football institution is going through, according to the Uruguayan portal Search.

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According to Search, the 15 recordings of 40 minutes each, in which Valdez and Alcántara appear on public roads, reveal in one of them the moment in which Valdez tells Alcántara about the government's pressure. Both had known each other since Valdez was president of Club Atlético Rentistas (2004- 2008), but in 2015 Valdez again contacted Alcántara to express his interest in "a call from the Administrative Commission of the Official Field (CAFO) to offer ideas about the remodeling of the Centennial Stadium in the face of the candidacy for the 2030 World Cup ."

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Following that situation, Wilmar Valdez decided to resign the presidency of the Uruguayan Association of Futbol (AUF) and cancel his reelection reason that forced FIFA to postpone the election of the new president of the AUF. The Office of the Prosecutor of Uruguay, for its part, initiated the corresponding investigations, says the Uruguayan portal El Observador.

With the crisis over, FIFA began moving their chips to establish a Regularizing Commission in the Uruguayan Association of Futbol which was composed of people linked to soccer and not politics. However, none of that happened.

The first person chosen by FIFA was the former president of the AUF, Sebastián Bauza, who rejected the offer. The same happened with the also former president of the AUF, José Luis Corbo, but, for "a matter of principle" he refused, explains El Observador. FIFA did not give up in his attempt not to politicize the AUF and seek solutions to the crisis, so he sought to Eduardo Ache, former president of National Club of Soccer, and Fernando Goldie, former leader of Peñarol, but with none of the two, an agreement was reached.

Faced with the end, FIFA ended up resorting to politics, leaving as members of the Regularizing Commission the "senator of the conservative Colorado Party (PC) Pedro Bordaberry, the deputy for the National Party (PN), Armando Castaingdebat, and the ex-football player the Uruguayan team, Andrés Scotti", informs the EFE agency.

Who are the ones appointed by FIFA?

Pedro Bordaberry

Since 2010, Bordaberry, is a Senator of the Republic. He was a candidate for the presidency of Uruguay for his political party. He is the son of José María Bordaberry, who between 1973 and 1985 led a coup d'état, which ended up becoming a civic-military dictatorship.

Armando Castaingdebat

Apart from being a member of the House of Representatives since 2015, Castaingdebat, "has been a member of the PN since 1988 and has served as mayor of the departments of Flores and Florida (center-south)," EFE reports.

Andrés Scotti

He is a former player of the National Team of Uruguay and played 41 matches with her. Scotti will be the direct link between the players and the AUF.

The objectives of the Commission, as reported by EFE, will be "to approve a new statute that incorporates more actors in decision-making, such as members of the Football Organization of the Interior (OFI), members of futsal or own players, as well as giving greater visibility to women's football and providing the organization with greater operational transparency ".

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Translated from: 'Así solucionó la FIFA la crisis de la Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol'