The State Secretary for Youth and Sports announced on Thursday that the Olympic Committee of Portugal (COP) has questioned the Judo Federation (FPJ) over new complaints from a group of athletes and is awaiting answers.
Speaking at the press conference at the end of the Council of Ministers this Thursday, João Paulo Correia clarified some points regarding the new episode in the dispute between the FPJ and some judokas.
“A few days ago a group of athletes came to denounce new situations, not exactly those related to the points of the August agreement, and in view of this I can say that the COP has questioned the Portuguese Judo Federation on the two main allegations made by the group of athletes”said the ruler.
The official recalled that the disagreements between the judokas and the FPJ had been settled after government mediation in mid-August, but there will now be a problem with the funds of two of the six complaining judokas.
“The first concerns an alleged withholding of information about the costs that the federation is allocating to that athlete in the Olympic project and a second allegation that there was a unilateral decision by the federation to fund two athletes from the Olympic project to the end. to end the year,” said João Paulo Correia.
The Secretary of State added that the matter had been handed over to the COP, for the purpose of gathering information, and that these answers should reach the Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth (IPDJ) so that, in agreement with them, a decision can be made. decision can be made.
“These answers will certainly reach the IPDJ and there, of course, depending on the answers, the IPDJ will have to make a decision”Advanced.
Also at the conference, João Paulo reminded Correia that, among other allegations, without specifying which ones, they deserved the opening of an investigation, which is still ongoing.
“(…) Some of these allegations, if proven, if proven, could violate norms, such as the norm that determines the loss of mandate as a result,” he said.
In August, the IPDJ received another complaint from the Castelo Branco Judo Association, in which the president of the FPJ, Jorge Fernandes, was accused of performing improper functions, namely in the Judo Clube de Coimbra, which the leader denied, but the situation motivated the opening an investigation.
Source: DN
