The Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP) defended in the Assembly of the Republic (AR) this Thursday the need for a legal security regime at sporting events to ensure a centralized and named ticketing model.
Helena Pires, Executive Director of the LPFP, defended in the Commission for Culture, Communication, Youth and Sports that a nominal governance and access control model “will allow, among other things, to improve access control, fight counterfeiting and improve in terms of hospitality.”
The head of the LPFP recalled that “UEFA has already implemented this practice” and that the body that manages professional football competitions in Portugal has a “pilot project in this area in the II League”.
In hearings before the Working Group on Integrity, Equality and Combating Violence in Sports to revise Law 39/2009, which establishes a legal regime for the safety and fight against racism, xenophobia and intolerance in sports shows, Helena Pires highlighted two other league proposals.
The LPFP wants “more effective and uniform intervention by security forces in searches and access control to prevent the entry of prohibited artifacts”, as well as “more effective intervention inside the fences, especially in the stands, in situations of unrest.” “. .
The body also wants the law to require “increased controls on fans who are not allowed to enter sports venues” by forcing them to “appear and remain with a judicial or criminal police authority” during events.
Helena Pires praised the work done by the security department, which works “in close cooperation with the club security directors”.
The Executive Director recalled that the League “has made the return of families to the stadiums one of its priorities”, always expressing its willingness to work “with everyone” in revising the legal framework that combats sports-related violence.
In the same committee, Miguel Laranjeiro, president of the Handball Federation of Portugal (FAP), warned of the need for a law to “delineate the size of the competition, professional and non-professional”.
“Requirements in non-professional competitions, which are the rule in the country, should be separated by legislation from the requirements for professional competitions when events are high risk. Stadium requirements cannot be applied in pavilions,” he ruled.
On February 24, the AR broadly approved the PS bill to amend the law establishing a legal regime for the security and combating racism, xenophobia and intolerance at sporting events.
The PS project, which is now being discussed in the specialty, was approved with a vote in favor of socialist deputies, with a vote against PCP, Chega, Liberal Initiative and abstentions from PSD, Bloco de Esquerda, PAN and Livre.
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Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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