Petro government criticized for violence in Colombian football: Francia Márquez accused of paying brave bands
Colombian football has again been marred by fan violence after excesses in the match between Atlético Nacional and Junior at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium left almost 20 injured and the match was not finished from the 54th minute.
The situation reached the point that the government of Gustavo Petro was accused of being responsible for the case, according to the statement of the congressman, who also accused Francia Márquez. giving money to brave bands of several teams, including those of Verdolaga and Tiburón.
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The Ministry of Sports commented on what happened on the night of September 26, rejecting acts of violence in the stands and asking the clubs, Dimayor, local authorities and fan leaders to take measures to prevent new deplorable events.
The wave of rejection of violence in Colombian football rose after what happened at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium, due to the injury of 20 people, including a member of the police, and the panic caused by the rest of the participants who fled to avoid the attacks.
The representative of the Chamber Mauricio Parodi spoke in his
“Citizens are scared by what happened at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium. The excesses, the violent incidents committed by criminals disguised as Nacional and Junior fans, have no justification and we wonder when we allowed this to happen. At what point do we allow criminals disguised as fans to take over the bars of national football? and exclude other citizens,” the congressman said.
The representative of Cambio Radical also threw darts at the government of Gustavo Peter, accusing him that there is no longer a strong hand against thugs: “The moment they became traders, the moment they took over the commercial bars, many of them are illegal. “
“At a time when the authorities, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Sports, Dimayor and the Colombian Football Federation, the police and the local authorities remained unconcerned and did absolutely nothing to prevent this,” Parodi said. .
The House of Representatives congressman ended his speech by pointing to Vice President and Equality Minister Francia Márquez, who said that according to Mauricio Parodi, the national government will not only be “soft” with sanctions against violent fans. .
“Many of them pander to him. We asked the Vice President and Minister for Equality Is it true that you give each football club five million pesos for political activism and your propaganda? That has to change,” said a Cambio Radical representative.
It is worth recalling that the portfolio is held by the Directorate of Social Barriers of the Deputy Ministry of Youth, led by Maritza Rodríguez, whose objective is “to design, formulate and implement strategies and monitoring and evaluation measures for safety, comfort and coexistence at sporting events, in coordination with the Ministries of the Interior, sports, education, culture and other competent entities.”
Through a statement, the Ministry of Sports expressed its rejection of the fights at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium, pointing out that “under no circumstances do they represent the essence of what football is, a sport that – yes or no – should be synonymous with unity, coexistence, peace, harmony, safety, respect and brotherhood.
“The National Commission for Security, Comfort and Coexistence in Football, composed of the Ministries of Sports, Education, Culture and the Interior, the National Disaster Risk Management Unit, the National Police, the Colombian Football Federation and Dimayor, continues to join forces and the will to strengthen human security, coexistence and the experience of football happenings in Colombia” he added.