The president of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) could go to the Assembly of the Republic (AR) “as soon as possible” if the hearing demanded by the Left Bloc (BE) is approved, he told Lusa on Tuesday. y the official source of the organism.
BE will request an urgent hearing from FPF President Fernando Gomez to explain contracts with Spaniard Roberto Martinez and Fernando Santos, current and former selectors, respectively, according to a request Lusa had access to on Tuesday.
“The President of the FPF will be available, as always in the past, to participate in any initiative of parliamentary committees,” an official federal source assured in response to Lusa’s question about the application filed with the Budget and Finance Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan. .
The director himself assured of this availability, “as soon as possible, in case the presence would be useful.”
“The President of the FPF will be available from next Friday, if it is understood so, after the international commitments scheduled for this week,” the same source elaborated, adding that if the audition is not approved, “Fernando Gomes will maintain the same willingness to receive the BE delegation in Cidade do Futebol.
In a statement filed by BE, to which Lusa had access, the request to be heard by the President of the Federation is related to the news that “The Public Prosecutor’s Office will investigate alleged tax crimes in connection with the way the FPF paid the salary of Fernando Santos and the coaching staff.” composition of the men’s national football team.
“In September 2014, the FPF entered into a service agreement with the coaching company Femacosa, which was established in the same year. According to the newspaper Expresso, in 2016 and 2017, through this company, the coach will receive 10 million euros (% were transferred to companies created in the meantime by deputies). But he only declared and paid the IRS from his annual salary of 70 thousand, ”the document says.
According to BE, “the form of payroll was the cause of a €4.5 million tax claim made by the tax office, which felt that with this formula, the coach was trying to avoid paying higher taxes through the tax office.”
Block draws attention to the fact that recently the FPF has not yet disclosed “how much it will pay the new selector.” [o espanhol Roberto Martinez] and refuses to explain what type of contract he will sign with the Spanish coach’s technical team: if he still wants to rent everything in the package, with the company that coordinates the technical team, or if he will sign individual contracts.
This party recalls that “The FPF is a non-profit collective entity of public benefit, established in the form of an association governed by private law, the main purpose of which is to promote, regulate and manage the education and practice of football in all its variants. and competitions, with exclusive competence in Portugal for the organization of national teams of modality”.
Thus, “the public benefit nature of this organization and the importance that the sport is gaining imposes on the FPF an obligation of transparency and rigor.”
“Suspiced tax and social security evaders are contrary to this obligation. For all these reasons, it is necessary to fully clarify the payment mechanisms and contracts signed by the FPF,” he says.
Fernando Santos led the national team from October 2014 to December 2022, winning Portugal’s first two international trophies, winning Euro 2016 and the 2019 Nations League.
Spaniard Roberto Martinez was introduced as the successor to the current Poland coach on 9 January.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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