The decision made this Monday by the Championship Disciplinary Committee is a political challenge rather than a legal one, since a Solomonic decision is the worst thing that can happen to Colombian football. I know that there have been communications from Nacional and Junior to sanction and not punish, so that the child is cut in half in a ruling that tries to please both parties under a false idea of equanimity.
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I am not a lawyer, much less a jurist, but I know that this Monday’s decision will mark the future of the teams’ fight against the criminal gangs and their barbarity, intimidation and bloodshed. I am not a lawyer, much less a jurist, but I trust in the legal wisdom of the Championship Disciplinary Committee for the brutal battle with daggers and machete between the homicide squads of Nacional and Junior in the Medellín stadium last Thursday.
The implications of the Disciplinary Committee’s decision
I am not a lawyer, much less a jurist, but I know that the decision is a challenge with a thousand edges and a thousand consequences, since Nacional was winning 2-0 when, around the 58th minute, the match was ended due to attacks apparently initiated by the Junior’s savages.
I am not a lawyer, much less a jurist, but, I repeat, the decision is a political challenge more than a legal one: According to the single disciplinary code – the football penal code – Nacional, as the organizer, is directly responsible for security. In videos, photos and statements from attendees it is evident that what happened, happened. Furthermore, the official report from the authorities of at least 25 injured and more than fifty knives seized is an absolute weight of reality…
I am not a lawyer, much less a jurist, but I believe that by football jurisprudence, Nacional must lose the match 3-0 (that is how it is classified), even though, in appearance, in videos and photos, the Junior criminal gangs were the ones who started the disturbance. Even though Junior, as a team, was losing the game. Even though Junior looks like a vulture and asks for the points.
I am not a lawyer, much less a jurist, but I suppose that Nacional alleges that it took all the corresponding security measures and that it separated the fans in the stands, searched the attendees, etc.
I am not a lawyer, much less a jurist, but I know that it will not be easily understood that if some criminal barrists from Junior started the riots, Nacional would lose a match it won.
I am not a lawyer, much less a jurist, but I know that the total responsibility for security falls on the organizer, on the venue, this time on Nacional.
I am not a lawyer, much less a jurist, but I know that, in addition, Nacional and Junior must be fined and sanctioned with partial or total absence of the public in their stadiums.
I am not a lawyer, much less a jurist, but I know that a political and Solomonic decision to look good with both of them by appearing to be equanimous is the worst thing that can happen to football this time. The law is harsh, but it is the law.
Meluk tells him…
GABRIEL MELUK
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